101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5057

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Brad Halbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 105/4  from Ch. 48, par. 1004

    Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that unless an employer is officially recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization under a specified Section of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, then the employer shall, at a minimum, pay at a rate of $8.25 per hour.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Minimum Wage Law is amended by changing
5Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 105/4)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1004)
7    Sec. 4. (a)(1) Every employer shall pay to each of his
8employees in every occupation wages of not less than $2.30 per
9hour or in the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of
10not less than $1.95 per hour, except as provided in Sections 5
11and 6 of this Act, and on and after January 1, 1984, every
12employer shall pay to each of his employees in every occupation
13wages of not less than $2.65 per hour or in the case of
14employees under 18 years of age wages of not less than $2.25
15per hour, and on and after October 1, 1984 every employer shall
16pay to each of his employees in every occupation wages of not
17less than $3.00 per hour or in the case of employees under 18
18years of age wages of not less than $2.55 per hour, and on or
19after July 1, 1985 every employer shall pay to each of his
20employees in every occupation wages of not less than $3.35 per
21hour or in the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of
22not less than $2.85 per hour, and from January 1, 2004 through
23December 31, 2004 every employer shall pay to each of his or

 

 

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1her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
2occupation wages of not less than $5.50 per hour, and from
3January 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007 every employer shall pay
4to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older
5in every occupation wages of not less than $6.50 per hour, and
6from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 every employer shall
7pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or
8older in every occupation wages of not less than $7.50 per
9hour, and from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 every
10employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
11years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
12than $7.75 per hour, and from July 1, 2009 through June 30,
132010 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees
14who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of
15not less than $8.00 per hour, and from July 1, 2010 through
16December 31, 2019 every employer shall pay to each of his or
17her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
18occupation wages of not less than $8.25 per hour, and from
19January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, every employer shall pay
20to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older
21in every occupation wages of not less than $9.25 per hour, and
22from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 every employer
23shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age
24or older in every occupation wages of not less than $10 per
25hour, and from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 every
26employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18

 

 

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1years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
2than $11 per hour, and from January 1, 2022 through December
331, 2022 every employer shall pay to each of his or her
4employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation
5wages of not less than $12 per hour, and from January 1, 2023
6through December 31, 2023 every employer shall pay to each of
7his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
8occupation wages of not less than $13 per hour, and from
9January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, every employer shall
10pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or
11older in every occupation wages of not less than $14 per hour;
12and on and after January 1, 2025, every employer shall pay to
13each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in
14every occupation wages of not less than $15 per hour.
15    (2) Unless an employee's wages are reduced under Section 6,
16then in lieu of the rate prescribed in item (1) of this
17subsection (a), an employer may pay an employee who is 18 years
18of age or older, during the first 90 consecutive calendar days
19after the employee is initially employed by the employer, a
20wage that is not more than 50¢ less than the wage prescribed in
21item (1) of this subsection (a); however, an employer shall pay
22not less than the rate prescribed in item (1) of this
23subsection (a) to:
24        (A) a day or temporary laborer, as defined in Section 5
25    of the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, who is 18
26    years of age or older; and

 

 

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1        (B) an employee who is 18 years of age or older and
2    whose employment is occasional or irregular and requires
3    not more than 90 days to complete.
4    (2.5) Unless an employer is officially recognized by the
5United States Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt
6organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
7Revenue Code of 1986, then the employer shall, at a minimum,
8pay at a rate of $8.25 per hour.
9    (3) At no time on or before December 31, 2019 shall the
10wages paid to any employee under 18 years of age be more than
1150¢ less than the wage required to be paid to employees who are
12at least 18 years of age under item (1) of this subsection (a).
13Beginning on January 1, 2020, every employer shall pay to each
14of his or her employees who is under 18 years of age that has
15worked more than 650 hours for the employer during any calendar
16year a wage not less than the wage required for employees who
17are 18 years of age or older under paragraph (1) of subsection
18(a) of Section 4 of this Act. Every employer shall pay to each
19of his or her employees who is under 18 years of age that has
20not worked more than 650 hours for the employer during any
21calendar year: (1) $8 per hour from January 1, 2020 through
22December 31, 2020; (2) $8.50 per hour from January 1, 2021
23through December 31, 2021; (3) $9.25 per hour from January 1,
242022 through December 31, 2022; (4) $10.50 per hour from
25January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023; (5) $12 per hour
26from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024; and (6) $13 per

 

 

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1hour on and after January 1, 2025.
2    (b) No employer shall discriminate between employees on the
3basis of sex or mental or physical disability, except as
4otherwise provided in this Act by paying wages to employees at
5a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees
6for the same or substantially similar work on jobs the
7performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and
8responsibility, and which are performed under similar working
9conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to (1) a
10seniority system; (2) a merit system; (3) a system which
11measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or (4)
12a differential based on any other factor other than sex or
13mental or physical disability, except as otherwise provided in
14this Act.
15    (c) Every employer of an employee engaged in an occupation
16in which gratuities have customarily and usually constituted
17and have been recognized as part of the remuneration for hire
18purposes is entitled to an allowance for gratuities as part of
19the hourly wage rate provided in Section 4, subsection (a) in
20an amount not to exceed 40% of the applicable minimum wage
21rate. The Director shall require each employer desiring an
22allowance for gratuities to provide substantial evidence that
23the amount claimed, which may not exceed 40% of the applicable
24minimum wage rate, was received by the employee in the period
25for which the claim of exemption is made, and no part thereof
26was returned to the employer.

 

 

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1    (d) No camp counselor who resides on the premises of a
2seasonal camp of an organized not-for-profit corporation shall
3be subject to the adult minimum wage if the camp counselor (1)
4works 40 or more hours per week, and (2) receives a total
5weekly salary of not less than the adult minimum wage for a
640-hour week. If the counselor works less than 40 hours per
7week, the counselor shall be paid the minimum hourly wage for
8each hour worked. Every employer of a camp counselor under this
9subsection is entitled to an allowance for meals and lodging as
10part of the hourly wage rate provided in Section 4, subsection
11(a), in an amount not to exceed 25% of the minimum wage rate.
12    (e) A camp counselor employed at a day camp is not subject
13to the adult minimum wage if the camp counselor is paid a
14stipend on a onetime or periodic basis and, if the camp
15counselor is a minor, the minor's parent, guardian or other
16custodian has consented in writing to the terms of payment
17before the commencement of such employment.
18(Source: P.A. 101-1, eff. 2-19-19.)