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5 ILCS 430/15-25 (2026)

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(5 ILCS 430/15-25)
    Sec. 15-25. Remedies. The State employee may be awarded all remedies necessary to make the State employee whole and to prevent future violations of this Article. The circuit courts of this State shall have jurisdiction to hear cases brought under this Article. Remedies imposed by the court may include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
        (1) reinstatement of the employee to either the same
    
position held before the retaliatory action or to an equivalent position;
        (2) 2 times the amount of back pay;
        (3) interest on the back pay;
        (4) the reinstatement of full fringe benefits and
    
seniority rights; and
        (5) the payment of reasonable costs and attorneys'
    
fees.
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2022 · leading case: Crowley v. Watson, 2016 IL App (1st) 142847 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
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Crowley v. Watson, 2016 IL App (1st) 142847 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “) 5 ILCS 430/15-25 (West Supp. 2009). The statute also says, "Remedies imposed by the court may include, but are not limited to," reinstatement, double back pay, interest on back pay, the reinstatement of full fringe benefits/seniority rights, and attorney fees.”
Block v. Off. of the Illinois Sec'y of State, 2013 IL App (5th) 120157 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 3× “5 ILCS 430/15-25 (West 2006). -2- At the time of the plaintiff’s discharge in 2007, section 15-25 of the Ethics Act provided as follows: “The State employee may be awarded all remedies necessary to make the State employee whole and to prevent future violations of this Article.”
See v. Illinois Gaming Bd., 2020 IL App (1st) 192200 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “5 ILCS 430/15-25 (West 2018). See again asserted that defendants had retaliated against him for reporting corruption within the Gaming Board and State Police, which was a protected activity under the Ethics Act.”
Stone v. Bd. of Trs. of N. Illinois Univ., 38 F. Supp. 3d 935 (N.D. Ill. 2014). “’ 5 ILCS 430/15-25 (2009). Plaintiff points to this provision to support his position that Illinois has expressly waived its sovereign immunity.”
Cole v. Bd. of Trs. of N. Illinois Univ., 38 F. Supp. 3d 925 (N.D. Ill. 2014). “’ 5 ILCS 430/15-25 (2009). Plaintiff points to this provision to support his position that Illinois has expressly waived its sovereign immunity.”
Van Der Hooning v. Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Illinois, 2012 IL App (1st) 111531 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “5 ILCS 430/15-25 (West 2010) (amended by Pub.”
Lugg v. Sutton, 368 F. Supp. 3d 1257 (C.D. Ill. 2019). “Indeed, [k]eeping government efficient and honest depends on the vigilance of those most involved in its day-to-day operations, its employees.”
See v. Illinois Gaming Bd., 2020 IL App (1st) 192200 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “5 ILCS 430/15-25 (West 2018). See again asserted that defendants had retaliated against him for reporting corruption within the Gaming Board and State Police, which was a protected activity under the Ethics Act.”
Yousif v. State of Illinois (N.D. Ill. 2022). “See 5 ILCS 430/15-25; Titus v. Ill. Dep’t of Trans.”
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