
Welcome to Asonye & Associates
Asonye and Associates is a Chicago-based immigration, labor and employment law firm founded in 1993. The firms founder has been recognized by his peers as a Leading Attorney in the area of Employment Law. For more than 15 years, the firm has provided competent, efficient and cost-effective representation, aided by advanced technology and prompt communication with clients.
Employment Agreements and Termination | Harassment/Hostile Work Environment |
Workplace Discrimination | Employer Resources |

Employment News
- ADEA Amendment to Overturn Age Discrimination Ruling
- Bill to Exclude Employment-Related Claims From Mandatory Arbitration
- Chicago Tribune Reports on Firm’s Summary Judgment Win in Will County Sheriff’s Sexual Harassment Case
- Disability/Handicap Discrimination - Expanded ADA Coverage Effective January 1, 2009
- Employee Who Is "A Heart Attack Waiting To Happen" May Recover Under IWCA
- Employee Who Suffered Work-Related Injuries In Florida May Bring Claims In Illinois Under The IWCA
- Employer Action That Deters Worker from Complaining is "Adverse Action" in Retaliation Cases
- Employer Action That Deters Worker from Complaining is "Adverse Action" in Retaliation Cases
- Employer Had Duty to Prohibit Employee's Porn Surfing
- Employer Strictly Liable for Sexual Harassment by Supervisor - Ill Supreme Court
- Employer Who Fired H-1B Employee for Filing DOL Complaint Faces Backpay and Penalties
- Employers Arrested and Subjected to Criminal Charges for Hiring Illegal Aliens
- Employers Should Now Be Using the New I-9 Form
- Final Act Restricting Acquisition and Disclosure of Genetic Information is Approved by EEOC
- Firm Wins Disability/Handicap Discrimination Appeal Victory For The Deaf

Current News
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Press releases and other news from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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INDIANAPOLIS —Kenneth O. Lester Company, Inc., doing business as PFG Customized Distribution – Indiana, will pay $709,971 in monetary relief and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a fe... -
MINNEAPOLIS – R & G Endeavors, Inc., a fast-food franchisee doing business as Culver’s Restaurants of Cottage Grove, violated federal law when it subjected employees to a hostile work environment ... -
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the selection of Selma Cowan as the federal agency’s deputy chief financial officer. “The EEOC is for... -
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its subsidiary, BBH SBMC, LLC, doing business as Shelby Baptist Medical Center, violated federal law by refusing to provide a reasona... -
WASHINGTON – Registration for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) 26th Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) Training Conference is now open at: https://excel2023.vf... -
WASHINGTON – Today the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a technical assistance document, “Assessing Adverse Impact in Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence Used ... -
ENCINITAS, Calif. – Swami’s Café and Honey’s Bistro, a chain of casual counter and table-service restaurants, violated federal law by allowing a class of female employees to be subjected to sex... -
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania health care services company violated federal civil rights laws by paying a female technician less than males on the basis of sex and by retaliating against her for com... -
TACOMA, Wash. — Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington has agreed to pay $140,000 to an African American employee at its Tacoma Medical Center and provide other relief to resolve a racial haras... -
AUSTIN, Texas – Corner Bar, which operates on South Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas, discriminated against a female bartender by reducing her hours and terminating her because she was pregnant, the... -
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. -
BALTIMORE – Shepherd Electric Co., Inc., a wholesale electrical distributor that operates in the Baltimore/Washington area, will pay $185,806 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a rac... -
NEW YORK – Conduent State and Local Solutions, Inc., a business services provider that operates the New York E-ZPass toll collection system, and Broadleaf Results, Inc., an employment agency, will c... -
HONOLULU – A Honolulu restaurant and its outsourced human resources company violated federal law by subjecting male employees to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (... -
BOSTON – LeachGarner, Inc., a metallurgical manufacturer and supplier, violated federal law when it discriminated against a class of female employees by segregating its manufacturing workforce by se...