§ 108 — Wrongful detention of employee

108. Any employer who without reasonable excuse, the proof of which is to lie on the employer, refuses to allow an employee whose contract of service has been determined in any of the ways provided in this Act to leave the employer’s service shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both, and the whole or any portion of any fine recoverable under this section may be adjudged by the court to be paid to the employee.