Illinois Code § 2
Illinois Code § 2. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2.
The Department of Labor shall require such person to file with his application for a license a bond in due form, to the People of the State of Illinois, for the penal sum of $5,000 with one or more sureties, to be approved by said Department of Labor, and conditioned that the obligor will conform to and not violate any of the duties, terms, conditions, provisions or requirements of this Act. If any employer, employee or other person shall be aggrieved by the negligence or misconduct of any such licensee such person may maintain a civil action in his own name upon the bond of said employment agency, in the circuit court. Any remedies given by this section shall not be exclusive of nor bar any other civil action which a claimant has against such licensee, and in any civil action brought against an employment agency, in connection with providing employees for domestic service, for negligence the common law defenses of contributory negligence and assumption of the risk are abolished. (Source: P.A. 81-581.)
Source: official Illinois text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 2
- Jurisdiction: Illinois
- Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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