Illinois Administrative Code
Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part 230 - ILLINOIS WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION ACT
Subpart F - INFORMAL INVESTIGATIVE HEARING ON INVESTIGATION RESULTS
Section 230.610 - Informal Investigative Hearing
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) At an informal investigative hearing, a party may be represented by himself or herself or by an attorney at law. The Department may permit a party to have available witnesses, a translator and/or a representative of a union.
b) Parties shall be prepared to proceed at the informal investigative hearing. A request by one party for a continuance will be granted prior to the hearing only if the other party agrees and the Department grants permission. Otherwise, a request for a continuance shall be made in person to the Department at the time of the hearing and will be granted only upon a showing of good cause. Good cause may be shown by, without limitation, the failure of a party to receive notice of the hearing, the inability of a party to produce a material witness or relevant evidence, the illness or death of a party or counsel, the sudden and unexpected unavailability of counsel and substitution of counsel.
c) The Department shall conduct the informal investigative hearing and control the proceedings. No tape recordings, stenographic report or other verbatim record of the hearing shall be made.
d) If any person becomes so disruptive or abusive that a full and fair hearing cannot be conducted, the Department shall exclude the person from the hearing. The Department may take any of the following actions: continue the hearing without participation of the excluded individual; render a decision based upon the evidence previously presented; dismiss the complaint; or strike the employer's response.
e) Telephone Hearing