Your employer is obligated under state law to pay you your earned wages, bonuses, and commissions during your employment. This obligation does not stop after your employment ends, your employer is obligated under state law to pay you your “final compensation” including your last paycheck, earned but unused vacation, and any earned bonuses or commissions. Employers sometimes make illegal deductions from your paycheck (or threaten to do so). Illinois has strict prohibitions against this and other employer conduct designed to prevent an employee from receiving his/her full paycheck.