TITLE 56: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SUBCHAPTER b: REGULATION OF WORKING CONDITIONS
PART 300 PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF WAGES OR FINAL COMPENSATION
SECTION 300.1050 MANNER AND SERVICE OF NOTICE


 

Section 300.1050  Manner and Service of Notice

 

a)         Service of notice of a formal hearing shall be complete when the notice of hearing is:

 

1)         Personally served; or

 

2)         Sent not less than 21 days prior to the date designated for the hearing by:

 

A)        Regular US mail, postage prepaid, to the parties' addresses;

 

B)        Certified US mail, postage prepaid, to the parties' addresses;

 

C)        E-mail, if the employer or claimant has agreed to service by those means; or

 

D)        Other verifiable means, such as private carrier.

 

b)         For purposes of subsection (a), notice of a formal hearing shall be deemed properly served if sent to the parties at an address:

 

1)         On file with the Department;

 

2)         On file with the Illinois Secretary of State;

 

3)         On file with any other State agency with which the party has a duty to maintain a current address; or

 

4)         The Department reasonably calculates to be a true and current address for the party.

 

c)         The notice of a formal hearing under this Subpart G shall include:

 

1)         The time, place and nature of the hearing;

 

2)         A copy of the claim;

 

3)         The legal authority and jurisdiction under which the hearing is to be held;

 

 

4)         Instructions for all parties to bring all evidence and/or witnesses that support or dispute the employee claims;

 

5)         A description of the procedure to request a continuance or to appear at the hearing telephonically; and

 

6)         A designation and address of an ALJ to preside over the hearing.

 

(Source:  Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 18517, effective August 22, 2014)