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325 ILCS 5/9.1 (2026)

Employer discrimination

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(325 ILCS 5/9.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 2059.1)
    Sec. 9.1. Employer discrimination. No employer shall discharge, demote or suspend, or threaten to discharge, demote or suspend, or in any manner discriminate against any employee who makes any good faith oral or written report of suspected child abuse or neglect, or who is or will be a witness or testify in any investigation or proceeding concerning a report of suspected child abuse or neglect. For purposes of this Section "child abuse or neglect" includes abuse or neglect of an adult resident as defined in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-1446, eff. 8-20-10.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1998–2003 · leading case: Pietruszynski v. McClier Corp., 788 N.E.2d 82 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003).
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Pietruszynski v. McClier Corp., 788 N.E.2d 82 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “In Bea , we considered whether the plaintiffs discharge violated the public policy expressed in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (325 ILCS 5/9.1 (West 2000)). Bea, 333 Ill.”
Bea v. Bethany Home, Inc., 775 N.E.2d 621 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “No employer shall discharge, demote or suspend, or threaten to discharge, demote or suspend, or in any manner discriminate against any employee who makes any good faith oral or written report of suspected child abuse or neglect, or who is or will be a witness or testify in any…”
Fisher v. Lexington Health Care, Inc., 703 N.E.2d 988 (Ill. App. Ct. 1998). · cites it 2× “" 325 ILCS 5/9.1 (West 1996). The legislature has also recently amended the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act (320 ILCS 20/1 et seq.”
Bea v. Bethany Home, Inc., 775 N.E.2d 621 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “No employer shall discharge, demote or suspend, or threaten to discharge, demote or suspend, or in any manner discriminate against any employee who makes any good faith oral or written report of suspected child abuse or neglect, or who is or will be a witness or testify in any…”
Pietruszynski v. McClier Corp., 788 N.E.2d 82 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “) Plaintiffs’ citation to Bea aside, whether plaintiffs engaged in protected activity here is an issue of first impression in Illinois.”
Fisher v. Lexington Health Care, Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 1998). “" 325 ILCS 5/9.1 (West 1996). The legislature has also recently amended the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act (320 ILCS 20/1 et seq.”
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