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820 ILCS 96/1-35

Costs and attorney's fees

Known as the Workplace Transparency Act

The act spans §§ 820-96-1-1 to 820-96-1-50 (11 sections).

P.A. 101-221, eff. 1-1-20.; P.A. 104-23, eff. 1-1-26.; P.A. 104-320, eff. 1-1-26.

An employee, prospective employee, or former employee shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in challenging a contract for violation of this Act upon a final, non-appealable action in favor of the employee, prospective employee, or former employee on the question of the validity and enforceability of the contract. (Text of Section from P.A. 104-23) Sec. 1-35. Compensatory damages, costs, and attorney's fees. An employee, prospective employee, or former employee shall be entitled to compensatory damages, in addition to reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in challenging a contract for violation of this Act upon a final, non-appealable action in favor of the employee, prospective employee, or former employee on the question of the validity and enforceability of the contract or defending an action for breach of a confidentiality agreement pursuant to this Act. (Text of Section from P.A. 104-320) Sec. 1-35. Consequential damages, costs, and attorney's fees. An employee, prospective employee, or former employee shall be entitled to consequential damages, in addition to reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in challenging a contract for violation of this Act upon a final, non-appealable action in favor of the employee, prospective employee, or former employee on the question of the validity and enforceability of the contract or defending an action for breach of a confidentiality agreement pursuant to this Act.

Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.