Section 5300.400  Applicability of the Subpart

a)         This Subpart D applies only to requests for review in cases in which the charge was filed after January 1, 2008.  Pursuant to Section 8-103 of the Act, the Commission has jurisdiction over requests for review in cases in which the cause of action was filed on or after January 1, 2008.

b)         After January 1, 2008, all requests for review received by the Department will be evaluated by Department staff to determine if the charge in the case was filed on or after January 1, 2008.  If the charge was, in fact, filed on or after January 1, 2008, the staff of the Department will stamp the date the request for review was received by the Department on the face of that document and then forward it to the Commission for processing pursuant to Section 8-103 of the Act.

(Source:  Amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 16373, effective October 5, 2010)