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740 ILCS 174/20.2 (2026)

Threatening retaliation

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(740 ILCS 174/20.2)
    Sec. 20.2. Threatening retaliation. An employer may not threaten any employee with any act or omission if that act or omission would constitute retaliatory action against the employee under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 103-867, eff. 1-1-25.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2021–2023 · leading case: Kenese v. Catholic Charities (N.D. Ill. 2021).
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Kenese v. Catholic Charities (N.D. Ill. 2021). “740 ILCS 174/20.2 “The purpose of the IWA is to protect employees from adverse employment actions in retaliation for reporting or refusing to engage in unlawful conduct by their employer.”
Carroll v. City of Oak Forest (N.D. Ill. 2023). “Carroll testified during his deposition that he attempted to raise issues regarding the Board’s failure to hold exams and create updated eligibility lists with at least one of the deputy fire chiefs in 2014 and that Deputy Chief Griffin threatened to fire him if he raised the…”
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