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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3877 Introduced 11/2/2011, by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Employee Complaint Fee Recovery Act. Provides that if a former employee files 2 or more complaints with 2 or more separate State agencies against a single former employer and each complaint is dismissed, the former employer may petition the circuit court for an award of its attorney's fees incurred to dismiss the complaints. Provides that the court may enter a judgment against the former employee in the amount of the attorney's fees if it finds that the complaints were frivolous.
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| | HB3877 | | LRB097 14122 AEK 58812 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
| 5 | | Employee Complaint Fee Recovery Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Attorney's fees. If a former employee files 2 or |
| 7 | | more complaints with 2 or more separate State agencies against |
| 8 | | a single former employer and each complaint is dismissed, the |
| 9 | | former employer may petition the circuit court for an award of |
| 10 | | its attorney's fees incurred to dismiss the complaints. The |
| 11 | | court may enter a judgment against the former employee in the |
| 12 | | amount of the attorney's fees if it finds that the complaints |
| 13 | | were frivolous.
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