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So on what contract were these 1100 people employed? 0 hours guaranteed, get in and get paid for the hours you work and your contract can be terminated any day? It always baffles me to see a thousand(s) of people getting laid of with the flick of a finger. That's like an equal amount of people added to the economy unemployed, right now.

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Illinois is an at-will state, so like any other employee in the state they can be let go at any time for any reason, with the exception of a few protected classes, since we also have a state Employment Non-Discrimination law.

I'm guessing you're not from the US? That's pretty much how it works here, except for government or unionized jobs. Most employees, whether hourly or salaried, don't have any kind of employment contract.

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