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320 ILCS 20/4.1

(320 ILCS 20/4.1)

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 103-329)

Sec. 4.1. Employer discrimination.

No employer shall discharge,
demote or suspend, or threaten to discharge, demote or suspend, or in any
manner discriminate against any employee who makes any good faith oral or
written report of suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial exploitation or
who is or will be a
witness or testify in any investigation or proceeding concerning a report
of suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial exploitation.

(Source: P.A. 102-244, eff. 1-1-22.)

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 103-329)

Sec. 4.1. Employer discrimination.

No employer shall discharge,
demote or suspend, or threaten to discharge, demote or suspend, or in any
manner discriminate against any employee: (i) who makes any good faith oral or
written report of suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial exploitation; (ii) who makes any good faith oral or written report concerning information about the suspicious death of an eligible adult; or
(iii) who is or will be a
witness or testify in any investigation or proceeding concerning a report
of suspected abuse, abandonment, neglect, or financial exploitation.

(Source: P.A. 102-244, eff. 1-1-22; 103-329, eff. 1-1-24.)