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Rep. Norine Hammond
Filed: 3/15/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2095
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2095 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Service Member's Employment Tenure Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 6 and by adding Section 8 as |
| 6 | | follows:
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| 7 | | (330 ILCS 60/6) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 34)
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| 8 | | Sec. 6. Employer's violation of Act; penalty; employee's |
| 9 | | remedies.
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| 10 | | (a) An employer's knowing violation of this Act is a |
| 11 | | business offense punishable by a fine of not less than $5,000 |
| 12 | | and not more than $10,000.
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| 13 | | (b) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, an |
| 14 | | employer's knowing violation of this Act constitutes a civil |
| 15 | | rights violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act. In case |
| 16 | | any employer fails or refuses to comply with
this Act, the |
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| 1 | | circuit court of the county in which such private employer
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| 2 | | maintains a place of business, or of the county where such |
| 3 | | State employee
performs most of his duties, has power, upon the |
| 4 | | filing of a complaint
by the person entitled to
the benefits of |
| 5 | | this Act, to specifically require such employer to comply
with |
| 6 | | this Act and to compensate such person for any loss of wages or
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| 7 | | benefits suffered by reason of such employer's unlawful action, |
| 8 | | together
with reasonable attorney's fees and costs. No fees or |
| 9 | | court costs shall be taxed
against any person applying for the |
| 10 | | benefits of this Act.
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| 11 | | The court shall, in its sound discretion, give preference |
| 12 | | to the hearing
and disposition of such cases over other matters |
| 13 | | then pending before it.
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| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 93-828, eff. 7-28-04.)
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| 15 | | (330 ILCS 60/8 new) |
| 16 | | Sec. 8. Attorney General; employer list. The Attorney |
| 17 | | General shall establish and maintain a statewide list of |
| 18 | | employers who have been convicted of violating this Act. The |
| 19 | | Attorney General shall make the information in the list |
| 20 | | available to the public on its official web site and by any |
| 21 | | other means the Attorney General deems appropriate.
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 23 | | becoming law.".
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