Chapter 820 — EMPLOYMENT

(820 ILCS 275/10) Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Credible threat of violence" means a statement or course of conduct that causes a reasonable person to fear for the person's safety at his or her workplace or for the safety of others at his or her workplace. "Employee…

(820 ILCS 275/100) Sec. 100. Modification. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, upon motion of the petitioner, the court may modify an emergency or plenary workplace protection restraining order by altering the remedy, subject to Section 25 of this Act. (b) After 30 …

(820 ILCS 275/105) Sec. 105. Enforcement. The court may enforce workplace protection restraining orders through civil contempt proceedings. (Source: P.A. 98-766, eff. 7-16-14.)

(820 ILCS 275/110) Sec. 110. Employment discrimination. An employer seeking or obtaining a workplace protection restraining order shall comply with any federal or State law to which it is subject, including any provision under the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act and the…

(820 ILCS 275/115) Sec. 115. Effect on other laws and employment benefits. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede any provision of any federal, State, or local law, collective bargaining agreement, or employment benefits program or plan that provides employment p…

(820 ILCS 275/120) Sec. 120. Exemptions. (a) The court may not enter a workplace protection restraining order that enjoins the following activities: (1) lawful monitoring of compliance with public or worker safety laws, wage and hour requirements, or other statutory workplace req…

(820 ILCS 275/125) Sec. 125. Confidentiality and privacy. The employer shall keep all information relating to a workplace protection restraining order in the strictest confidence, limiting information only to those employees who have a current demonstrable interest related to the…

(820 ILCS 275/130) Sec. 130. Exemption. (a) This Act does not apply to any individual or organization that is lawfully (i) monitoring for compliance with public or worker safety laws, wage and hour requirements, or other statutory requirements or (ii) picketing, patrolling, using…

(820 ILCS 275/15) Sec. 15. Employer's right to a workplace protection restraining order. An employer may seek a workplace protection restraining order to prohibit further violence or threats of violence by the respondent if: (1) an employee has suffered unlawful violence and the …

(820 ILCS 275/20) Sec. 20. Affidavit. An employer may obtain a workplace protection restraining order if the employer files an affidavit that shows by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) the conditions of Section 15 of this Act have been met; (2) if the petitioner is seekin…

(820 ILCS 275/21) Sec. 21. Employee notification. (a) In cases in which an employer is seeking a workplace protection restraining order involving an employee who is a victim of unlawful violence by a family or household member as defined by item (6) of Section 103 of the Illinois…

(820 ILCS 275/25) Sec. 25. Remedies. Employer remedies under this Act are limited to a workplace protection restraining order. Nothing in this Act, however, waives, reduces, or diminishes any other civil or criminal remedy available to an employer. A workplace protection restrain…

(820 ILCS 275/30) Sec. 30. Action for workplace protection restraining order. (a) An action for a workplace protection restraining order may be commenced independently by filing a petition for a workplace protection restraining order in any civil court, unless specific courts are…

(820 ILCS 275/35) Sec. 35. Subject matter jurisdiction. Each of the circuit courts of this State has the power to issue workplace protection restraining orders. (Source: P.A. 98-430, eff. 1-1-14; 98-766, eff. 7-16-14.)

(820 ILCS 275/40) Sec. 40. Jurisdiction over persons. The courts of this State have jurisdiction to bind: (1) State residents; and (2) non-residents having minimum contacts with this State to the extent permitted by Section 2-209 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Source: P.A. 98-7…

(820 ILCS 275/45) Sec. 45. Venue. A petition for a workplace protection restraining order may be filed in any county where: (i) the petitioner resides; (ii) the respondent resides; or (iii) the alleged violence occurred. (Source: P.A. 98-766, eff. 7-16-14.)

(820 ILCS 275/5) Sec. 5. Purpose. This Act is intended to assist employers in protecting their workforces, customers, guests, and property by limiting access to workplace venues by potentially violent individuals. (Source: P.A. 98-430, eff. 1-1-14; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)

(820 ILCS 275/50) Sec. 50. Process. (a) Any action for a workplace protection restraining order requires that a separate summons be issued and served. The summons shall require the respondent to answer and appear within 7 days. Attachments to the summons or notice shall include t…

(820 ILCS 275/55) Sec. 55. Hearing notice. Except as otherwise provided by law or court rule, notice of hearings on petitions or motions shall be served upon the respondent in accordance with Supreme Court Rules 11 and 12. (Source: P.A. 98-766, eff. 7-16-14.)

(820 ILCS 275/60) Sec. 60. Hearings. The court shall treat a petition for a workplace protection restraining order as an expedited proceeding and may not transfer or otherwise decline to decide all or part of the petition. Nothing in this Section prevents the court from reserving…

(820 ILCS 275/65) Sec. 65. Continuances. (a) A petition for an emergency workplace protection restraining order shall be granted or denied in accordance with the standards of Section 70 of this Act, regardless of the respondent's appearance or presence in court. (b) Any action fo…

(820 ILCS 275/70) Sec. 70. Emergency order. (a) The court shall issue an emergency workplace protection restraining order if the petitioner establishes that: (1) the court has jurisdiction under Section 40 of this Act; (2) the requirements of Sections 15 and 21 of this Act are sa…

(820 ILCS 275/75) Sec. 75. Plenary order. The court shall issue a plenary workplace protection restraining order if the petitioner has served notice of the hearing for that order on the respondent in accordance with Section 55 of this Section and establishes that: (1) the court h…

(820 ILCS 275/80) Sec. 80. Employee testimony. In a plenary workplace protection restraining order hearing, if the court finds that testimony in the courtroom voluntarily offered by the employee who has suffered the violence may result in serious emotional distress to the employe…

(820 ILCS 275/85) Sec. 85. Duration and extension of orders. (a) Unless reopened or extended or voided by entry of an order of greater duration, an emergency order is effective for not less than 14 nor more than 21 days. (b) A plenary workplace protection restraining order is eff…

(820 ILCS 275/90) Sec. 90. Contents of orders. (a) A workplace protection restraining order shall describe each remedy granted by the court, in reasonable detail and not by reference to any other document, so that the respondent may clearly understand what he or she must do or re…

(820 ILCS 275/95) Sec. 95. Notice of orders. Upon issuance of a workplace protection restraining order, the clerk shall immediately, or on the next court day if an emergency order is issued in accordance with subsection (c) of Section 70 of this Act: (1) enter the order on the re…

(820 ILCS 305/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.1) Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Workers' Compensation Act. (a) The term "employer" as used in this Act means: 1. The State and each county, city, town, township, incorporated village, school district, body politic, or municipal corp…

(820 ILCS 305/1.1) Sec. 1.1. Standards of conduct. (a) Commissioners and arbitrators shall dispose of all Workers' Compensation matters promptly, officially and fairly, without bias or prejudice. Commissioners and arbitrators shall be faithful to the law and maintain professional…

(820 ILCS 305/1.2) Sec. 1.2. Permitted civil actions. Subsection (a) of Section 5 and Section 11 do not apply to any injury or death sustained by an employee as to which the recovery of compensation benefits under this Act would be precluded due to the operation of any period of …

(820 ILCS 305/10) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.10) Sec. 10. The basis for computing the compensation provided for in Sections 7 and 8 of the Act shall be as follows: The compensation shall be computed on the basis of the "Average weekly wage" which shall mean the actual earnings of the…

(820 ILCS 305/10.1) Sec. 10.1. Compromise lump sum settlement. The parties, by agreement and with approval of an arbitrator or the Commission, may enter into a compromise lump sum settlement in either permanent total or permanent partial disability cases which prorates the lump s…

(820 ILCS 305/11) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.11) Sec. 11. Measure of responsibility. Except as provided in Section 1.2, the compensation herein provided, together with the provisions of this Act, shall be the measure of the responsibility of any employer engaged in any of the enterpr…

(820 ILCS 305/12) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.12) Sec. 12. An employee entitled to receive disability payments shall be required, if requested by the employer, to submit himself, at the expense of the employer, for examination to a duly qualified medical practitioner or surgeon select…

(820 ILCS 305/13) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.13) Sec. 13. There is created an Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission consisting of 10 members to be appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, 3 of whom shall be representative citizens of the employing class o…

(820 ILCS 305/13.1) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.13-1) Sec. 13.1. (a) There is created a Workers' Compensation Advisory Board hereinafter referred to as the Advisory Board. After the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Advisory Board shall consist of…

(820 ILCS 305/14) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.14) Sec. 14. The Commission shall appoint a secretary and an assistant secretary and shall employ such assistants and clerical help as may be necessary. Arbitrators shall be appointed pursuant to this Section, notwithstanding any provision…

(820 ILCS 305/14.1) Sec. 14.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05. Repealed by P.A. 103-363, eff. 7-28-23.)

(820 ILCS 305/15) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.15) Sec. 15. The Commission shall report in writing to the Governor on the 30th day of June, annually, the details and results of its administration of this Act, and may prepare and issue such special bulletins and reports from time to tim…

(820 ILCS 305/15a) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.15a) Sec. 15a. The Commission shall prepare and publish a handbook in readily understandable language in question and answer form containing all information as to the rights and obligations of employers and employees under the provisions …

(820 ILCS 305/16) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.16) Sec. 16. The Commission shall make and publish procedural rules and orders for carrying out the duties imposed upon it by law and for determining the extent of disability sustained, which rules and orders shall be deemed prima facie re…

(820 ILCS 305/16a) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.16a) Sec. 16a. (A) In the establishment or approval of attorney's fees in relation to claims brought under this Act, the Commission shall be guided by the provisions of this Section and by the legislative intent, hereby declared, to encou…

(820 ILCS 305/16b) Sec. 16b. Gift ban. (a) An attorney appearing before the Commission shall not provide compensation or any gift to any person in exchange for the referral of a client involving a matter to be heard before the Commission except for a division of a fee between law…

(820 ILCS 305/17) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.17) Sec. 17. The Commission shall cause to be printed and furnish free of charge upon request by any employer or employee such blank forms as may facilitate or promote efficient administration and the performance of the duties of the Commi…

(820 ILCS 305/18) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.18) Sec. 18. All questions arising under this Act, if not settled by agreement of the parties interested therein, shall, except as otherwise provided, be determined by the Commission. Claims from current and former employees of the Commiss…

(820 ILCS 305/18.1) Sec. 18.1. Claims by former and current employees of the Commission. All claims by current and former employees and appointees of the Commission shall be assigned to a certified independent arbitrator not employed by the Commission designated by the Chairman. …

(820 ILCS 305/19) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.19) Sec. 19. Any disputed questions of law or fact shall be determined as herein provided. (a) It shall be the duty of the Commission upon notification that the parties have failed to reach an agreement, to designate an Arbitrator. 1. When…

(820 ILCS 305/19.1) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.19a) Sec. 19.1. The time within which any act is required to be performed under any of the provisions of this Act shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is Saturday, Sunday or is a holida…

(820 ILCS 305/19a) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.19b) Sec. 19a. Money received by the Commission pursuant to subsection (f) of Section 19 of this Act shall be paid into a trust fund outside the State Treasury and shall be held in such fund until completion of the record for which the pa…

(820 ILCS 305/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 138.2) Sec. 2. An employer in this State, who does not come within the classes enumerated by Section 3 of this Act, may elect to provide and pay compensation for accidental injuries sustained by himself or any employee, arising out of and in th…