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820 ILCS 35/5a

(820 ILCS 35/5a) (from Ch. 10, par. 24)

Sec. 5a.

In the event of a failure to abide by the decisions of the
Department of Labor in any case in which both employer and employees shall
have joined in the application, any person or persons aggrieved thereby may
file with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the
offending party resides, or in the case of an employer in the county in
which the place of employment is located, a duly authenticated copy of such
decision, accompanied by a verified petition reciting the fact that such
decision has not been complied with and stating by whom and in what
respects it has been disregarded. Thereupon the circuit court shall grant
a rule against the party or parties so charged to show
cause within 10 days why such decision has not been complied with, which
shall be served by the sheriff as other process. Upon return made to the
rule, the court shall hear and determine the
questions presented, and to secure a compliance with such decision, may
punish the offending party or parties for contempt, but such punishment
shall in no case extend to imprisonment.

(Source: P.A. 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)