In this case, defendant reorganized its business and terminated the at-will employment contracts of 6200 sales agents, offering them the opportunity to work as independent contractors. As a condition of becoming independent contractors, agents were required to sign a release waiving existing legal claims against defendant. Summary judgment entered in favor of defendant is affirmed, where: 1) in offering each of its employee agents the option to convert into independent contractors, defendant followed the well-established rule that employers can require terminated employees to waive existing legal claims in order to receive unearned post-termination benefits; and 2) defendant did not therefore violate federal antiretaliation laws.