(820 ILCS 206/80)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 80. Criminal penalties.

(a) Any person who engages in any of the following activities shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be subject to a civil penalty of no less than $500 and no more than $2,500:

(1) employs, allows, or permits any minor to work in violation of this Act, or of any rule, order, or ruling issued under the provisions of this Act;

(2) obstructs the Department, its inspectors or deputies, or any other person authorized to inspect places of employment under this Act; or

(3) willfully fails to comply with the provisions of this Act.

(b) Whenever in the opinion of the Department a violation of this Act has occurred, it shall report the violation to the Attorney General who shall prosecute all violations reported.

(c) The amount of the penalty, when finally determined, shall be ordered by the court, in an action brought for a criminal violation, to be paid to the Department.

(d) Penalties recovered under this Section shall be paid into the Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund.

(Source: P.A. 103-721, eff. 1-1-25.)