102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0127
 
Introduced 1/14/2021, by Rep. Michael Halpin
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
New Act

     Creates the Low-Wage Employer Cost Recoupment Act. Directs the Department of Labor to impose a surcharge upon employers that pay employees wages that are less than the amount that would disqualify a single person from being eligible for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Imposes a surcharge in an amount equal to the annual value of the amount of federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for which a single person would be eligible multiplied by the number of employees whose wages do not disqualify a person from eligibility for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Effective immediately.
  


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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Low-Wage Employer Cost Recoupment Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Department" means the Department of Labor.
8    "Director" means the Director of Labor.
9    "Employee" means any individual employed or permitted to 
10work by an employer.
11    "Employer" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the 
12Minimum Wage Law.
13    "Wage" means compensation due to an employee by reason of 
14his or her employment.

 
15    Section 10. Low-wage employer surcharge.
16    (a) An employer that employs any employee (1) who was 
17listed on the employer's payroll for at least 90 calendar days 
18prior to the completion of the most recent calendar quarter, 
19beginning with the first calendar quarter of 2022 and (2) 
20whose wages paid by the employer during the quarter were less 
21than the amount that would disqualify a single person from 
22being eligible for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
 
 
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1Program benefits shall pay a surcharge to the Department of 
2Labor.
3    (b) The Department shall determine the number of the 
4employer's employees whose wages are less than the amount that 
5would disqualify a single person from being eligible for 
6federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. 
7The Director shall then impose a surcharge in the amount of the 
8annual value of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
9benefits for which a single person would be eligible 
10multiplied by the number of those employees.
11    (c) The Department shall notify the employer of the amount 
12of the surcharge no later than January 31, 2023 and each 
13January 31 thereafter.
 
14    Section 15. Payment of surcharge.  An employer that has 
15been notified of the imposition of a surcharge under Section 
1610 shall pay the surcharge to the Department in 10 equal 
17monthly installments due on the first day of each month 
18beginning on March 1 of each year.
 
19    Section 20. Rulemaking authority.  The Department may adopt 
20rules necessary to implement the provisions of this Act.
 
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
22becoming law.