IL Judge Rules Employer Fees Unconstitutional

A Cook County Circuit Court judge ruled that State of Illinois fees imposed last year on Illinois employers were improper. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce seeking to strike down state fee increases that it claimed were excessive and unconstitutional. "The court's decision sends a clear message to our state lawmakers that it is unreasonable - and unconstitutional - to discriminate among fee payers and specifically burden one group, in this case businesses and employers, with providing funds for general purposes," said Douglas L. Whitley, pre...