Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 5300 - PROCEDURAL RULES › Subpart A - INTERPRETATIONS › Section 5300.40 - Filing

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) All documents and
				pleadings required by the Act or this Part to be filed with the Commission
				shall be deemed filed when received in the Commission's Chicago or Springfield
				office. An item properly received by mail shall be deemed to have been filed on
				the date specified in the applicable proof of mailing. Proof of mailing shall
				be made by filing with the Commission a certificate of the attorney, or the
				affidavit of a person who is not an attorney, stating the date and place of
				mailing and the fact that proper postage was prepaid. The certificate or
				affidavit shall be filed with the Commission at the same time the item to which
				it refers is filed. If the certificate or affidavit does not accompany an item
				filed by mail, an item received by mail shall be deemed to have been filed when
				postmarked, properly addressed, and posted for delivery.
b) All papers, and copies of those papers,
				for filing and service shall be typewritten on white paper 81/2 by 11 inches.
				Copies may be reproduced by any printing or duplicating process providing a
				clear image. All filings must be unbound.
c) Each document, in an initial filing, shall
				bear on the first page the caption, descriptive title, and the Charge numbers
				assigned by the Department, and shall identify the party on whose behalf it is
				to be filed. All subsequent documents after the initial filing shall also
				include the Administrative Law Section (ALS) file number. For all documents in
				any matter that is proceeding under the alternative hearing procedure of
				Section 8A-102.5 of the Act, the words "alternative hearing procedure" and the
				name of the Administrative Law Judge hearing the matter shall be contained in
				the caption following the ALS file number. The final page of each document
				shall contain the name, address, and telephone number of the attorney in active
				charge of the case, or of the party if appearing pro se.
d) If the matter is pending before an
				Administrative Law Judge, the original and one copy of each document shall be
				filed.
e) Except for a Request for
				Review and documents in support of a Request for Review, if a document is to be
				considered by a Commission panel, then the original and one copy of the
				document must be filed. If the document is to be considered by the full
				Commission, then the original and one copy must be filed. If a document is a
				Request for Review or is in support of a Request for Review, then only the
				original must be filed. The following documents are considered documents in
				support of a Request for Review: motion for extension of time, response to
				Request for Review, reply to response to Request for Review, argument in
				support of Request for Review, and non-party response to Request for
				Review.
f) Except as otherwise
				provided, all pleadings and other papers required to be served on a party shall
				be filed as follows:
1) in matters pending
				before an Administrative Law Judge, such pleadings and papers shall be filed in
				the Commission office to which that Administrative Law Judge is
				assigned;
2) if the document is to
				be considered by a Commission panel or the full Commission, the document shall
				be filed with the Executive Director in the Commission's Chicago or Springfield
				office.