There is a basic premise under Illinois employment law that you can be filed at any time, for any reason, as long as it doesn’t violate a contract (e.g. you are in a union) or an illegal reason such as your race, religion, gender, age, etc.  So you can be fired for an unfair reason, a false reason or anything that isn’t illegal.  This includes being let go because you make too much money.

Say for example, a man has been at a construction job for 25 years. He is now 50 years old. He has always received excellent feedback
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