I work for a small business in the suburbs of Chicago and our business could be in trouble soon. I am not the business owner, I work for the business, but the owner started off not even paying her taxes, and in the slower times, she will pay herself before paying her employees, and for those with direct deposit (about half of her staff) she will cancel direct deposits and issues paper checks late to her employees. I have been trying look up exactly what not-so-great things she does that are actually against a law, and what things are her prerogative but not "best business practices". The wholesalers we purchase from are very close to resorting to collections agencies to get their money, because she doesn't pay anyone on time, and we are going to eventually run out of money, which means we all lose our jobs. The people who have worked here for years said this is the way it has always been, and they would never be surprised to come to work one day and see the business has closed it's doors. I am relatively new, and I come in with the attitude that if someone is doing something wrong, they should face the consequences, like any boss would do to any employee. What I want to know is how to report things like not paying employees on time and other things that are against some law or rule. Anyone that has advice, knowledge, has dealt with this themselves... anything!