{"data":{"id":"us-il/820-ilcs-96-1-35","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"820 ILCS 96/1-35","heading":"Costs and attorney's fees.","body":"(Text of Section from P.A. 101-221)\nAn employee, prospective employee, or former employee shall be entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in challenging a contract for violation of this Act upon a final, non-appealable action in favor of the employee, prospective employee, or former employee on the question of the validity and enforceability of the contract.\n(Text of Section from P.A. 104-23)\nCompensatory damages, costs, and attorney's fees. An employee, prospective employee, or former employee shall be entitled to compensatory damages, in addition to reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in challenging a contract for violation of this Act upon a final, non-appealable action in favor of the employee, prospective employee, or former employee on the question of the validity and enforceability of the contract or defending an action for breach of a confidentiality agreement pursuant to this Act.\n(Text of Section from P.A. 104-320)\nConsequential damages, costs, and attorney's fees. An employee, prospective employee, or former employee shall be entitled to consequential damages, in addition to reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in challenging a contract for violation of this Act upon a final, non-appealable action in favor of the employee, prospective employee, or former employee on the question of the validity and enforceability of the contract or defending an action for breach of a confidentiality agreement pursuant to this Act.","path":["CHAPTER 820 EMPLOYMENT","Workplace Transparency Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=4008\u0026ChapterID=68\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:49Z","sha256":"ec389de2cac81fe1c1d6f94ab8e66e98362d3849a1072b96cb4b8304f08b0559","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/820-ilcs-96-1-30","next":"us-il/820-ilcs-96-1-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}