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1    AN ACT concerning veterans.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Service Member's Employment Tenure Act is
5amended by changing Section 6 and by adding Section 8 as
6follows:
 
7    (330 ILCS 60/6)  (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 34)
8    Sec. 6. Employer's violation of Act; penalty; employee's
9remedies.
10    (a) An employer's knowing violation of this Act is a Class
11A misdemeanor with a mandatory minimum business offense
12punishable by a fine of not less than $5,000 and a maximum fine
13of not more than $10,000.
14    (b) In case any employer fails or refuses to comply with
15this Act, the circuit court of the county in which such private
16employer maintains a place of business, or of the county where
17such State employee performs most of his duties, has power,
18upon the filing of a complaint by the person entitled to the
19benefits of this Act, to specifically require such employer to
20comply with this Act and to compensate such person for any loss
21of wages or benefits suffered by reason of such employer's
22unlawful action, together with reasonable attorney's fees and
23costs. No fees or court costs shall be taxed against any person

 

 

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1applying for the benefits of this Act.
2    The court shall, in its sound discretion, give preference
3to the hearing and disposition of such cases over other matters
4then pending before it.
5(Source: P.A. 93-828, eff. 7-28-04.)
 
6    (330 ILCS 60/8 new)
7    Sec. 8. Attorney General; employer list. The Attorney
8General shall establish and maintain a statewide list of
9employers who have been convicted of violating this Act. The
10Attorney General shall make the information in the list
11available to the public on its official web site and by any
12other means the Attorney General deems appropriate.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.