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820 ILCS 75/20

    (820 ILCS 75/20)
    Sec. 20. Administration of Act and rulemaking authority.
    (a) The Illinois Department of Labor shall investigate any alleged violations of this Act by an employer or employment agency. If the Department finds that a violation has occurred, the Director of Labor may impose the following civil penalties:
        (1) For the first violation, the Director shall issue
    
a written warning to the employer or employment agency that includes notice regarding penalties for subsequent violations and the employer shall have 30 days to remedy the violation;
        (2) For the second violation, or if the first
    
violation is not remedied within 30 days of notice by the Department, the Director may impose a civil penalty of up to $500;
        (3) For the third violation, or if the first
    
violation is not remedied within 60 days of notice by the Department, the Director may impose an additional civil penalty of up to $1,500;
        (4) For subsequent violations, or if the first
    
violation is not remedied within 90 days of notice by the Department, the Director may impose an additional civil penalty of up to $1,500 for every 30 days that passes thereafter without compliance.
    (b) Penalties under this Section may be assessed by the Department and recovered in a civil action brought by the Department in any circuit court or in any administrative adjudicative proceeding under this Act. In any such civil action or administrative adjudicative proceeding under this Act, the Department shall be represented by the Attorney General.
    (c) All moneys recovered as civil penalties under this Section shall be deposited into the Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund.
    (d) The Department may adopt rules necessary to administer this Act and may establish an administrative procedure to adjudicate claims and issue final and binding decisions subject to the Administrative Review Law.
(Source: P.A. 104-2, eff. 6-16-25.)