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An employer may not retaliate against an employee for refusing to participate in an activity that would result in a violation of a State or federal law, rule, or regulation, including, but not limited to, violations of the Freedom of Information Act.
Increasingly, employees bringing claims of discrimination or retaliation under federal and state discrimination laws are adding a claim under the Illinois Whistleblower Act (IWA), against both the employer and supervisors.
The Act encourages citizens to monitor their government and report the fraudulent behavior of elected officials, employees or contractors doing business with a taxing body and allow units of government to recover triple damages against wrongdoers. History.
The Illinois Whistleblower Act, as originally enacted, was designed to provide employees who report an employer’s violation of the law with a statutory cause of action for retaliatory discharge.
(a) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or entity has engaged in a practice prohibited by this Act, the Attorney General may, pursuant to the authority conferred by Section 6.3 of the Attorney General Act, initiate or intervene in a civil action in the name of the People of the State in any appropriate ...
5 Οκτ 2020 · Under the Illinois’ Whistleblower Act, employees are protected in three ways: An employee may not be retaliated against for disclosing suspected violations of state or federal law to a government or law enforcement agency.
20 Ιουν 2016 · Gross waste of funds; Abuse of authority; or. Substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. The main provisions of Illinois whistleblower laws are listed in the following table. See Whistleblower Protections for a general overview.
