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| the costs and reasonable attorney's
fees as may be
allowed by |
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| the
court and as necessary to make the employee whole. At the |
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| request of the
employee or on a motion of the Director,
the |
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| Department may
make an assignment of the wage claim in trust |
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| for the assigning employee and
may bring any
legal action |
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| necessary to collect the claim, and the employer shall be |
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| required
to pay the costs
incurred in collecting the claim. |
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| Every such action shall be brought within 5
3
years from the |
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| date
the employee learned of the underpayment.
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| (b) The Director is authorized to supervise the payment of |
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| the unpaid wages
owing to any
employee or employees under this |
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| Act and may bring any legal action necessary
to recover the
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| amount of unpaid wages and penalties and the employer shall be |
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| required to pay
the costs. Any
sums recovered by the Director |
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| on behalf of an employee under this
Section shall be
paid to |
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| the employee or employees affected.
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| (c) Any employer who violates any provision of this Act or |
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| any rule
adopted under the Act is subject to a civil penalty |
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| not to exceed $2,500
for each violation for
each employee |
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| affected. In determining the amount of the penalty, the
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| appropriateness of the
penalty to the size of the business of |
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| the employer charged and the gravity of
the violation shall
be |
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| considered. The penalty may be recovered in a civil action |
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| brought by the
Director in
any circuit court.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-6, eff. 1-1-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |