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1 | AN ACT concerning employment.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Minimum Wage Law is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 4 as follows:
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6 | (820 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1004)
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7 | Sec. 4. (a)(1) Every employer shall pay to each of his | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | employees in every
occupation wages of not less than $2.30 per | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | hour or in the case of
employees under 18 years of age wages of | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | not less than $1.95 per hour,
except as provided in Sections 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | and 6 of this Act, and on and after
January 1, 1984, every | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | employer shall pay to each of his employees in every
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13 | occupation wages of not less than $2.65 per hour or in the case | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | of
employees under 18 years of age wages of not less than $2.25 | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | per hour, and
on and after October 1, 1984 every employer shall | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | pay to each of his
employees in every occupation wages of not | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | less than $3.00 per hour or in
the case of employees under 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | years of age wages of not less than $2.55
per hour, and on or | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | after July 1, 1985 every employer shall pay to each of
his | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | employees in every occupation wages of not less than $3.35 per | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | hour or
in the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | not less than $2.85
per hour,
and from January 1, 2004 through | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | December 31, 2004 every employer shall pay
to
each of his or |
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1 | her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
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2 | occupation wages of not less than $5.50 per hour, and from
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3 | January 1,
2005 through June 30, 2007 every employer shall pay | ||||||
4 | to each of his or her employees who is 18 years
of age or older | ||||||
5 | in every occupation wages of not less than $6.50 per hour, and | ||||||
6 | from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 every employer shall | ||||||
7 | pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years
of age or | ||||||
8 | older in every occupation wages of not less than $7.50 per | ||||||
9 | hour, and from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 every | ||||||
10 | employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 | ||||||
11 | years
of age or older in every occupation wages of not less | ||||||
12 | than $7.75 per hour, and from July 1, 2009 through June 30, | ||||||
13 | 2010 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees | ||||||
14 | who is 18 years
of age or older in every occupation wages of | ||||||
15 | not less than $8.00 per hour, and from July 1, 2010 through | ||||||
16 | December 31, 2019 every employer shall pay to each of his or | ||||||
17 | her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every | ||||||
18 | occupation wages of not less than $8.25 per hour, and from
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19 | January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, every employer shall | ||||||
20 | pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or | ||||||
21 | older in every occupation wages of not less than $9.25 per | ||||||
22 | hour, and from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 every | ||||||
23 | employer shall pay
to each of his or her employees who is 18 | ||||||
24 | years of age or older
in every occupation wages of not less | ||||||
25 | than $10 per hour, and
from January 1, 2021 through December | ||||||
26 | 31, 2021 every employer shall
pay to each of his or her |
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1 | employees who is 18 years of age or
older in every occupation | ||||||
2 | wages of not less than $11 per hour,
and from January 1, 2022 | ||||||
3 | through December 31, 2022 every employer
shall pay to each of | ||||||
4 | his or her employees who is 18 years of age
or older in every | ||||||
5 | occupation wages of not less than $12 per
hour, and from | ||||||
6 | January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 every
employer shall | ||||||
7 | pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
years of age or | ||||||
8 | older in every occupation wages of not less
than $13 per hour, | ||||||
9 | and from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, every | ||||||
10 | employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 | ||||||
11 | years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less | ||||||
12 | than $14 per hour; and on and after January 1, 2025, every
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13 | employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
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14 | years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
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15 | than $15 per hour.
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16 | (2) Unless an employee's wages are reduced under Section | ||||||
17 | 6, then in lieu of the rate prescribed in item (1) of this | ||||||
18 | subsection (a), an employer may pay an employee who is 18 years | ||||||
19 | of age or older, during the first 90 consecutive calendar days | ||||||
20 | after the employee is initially employed by the employer, a | ||||||
21 | wage that is not more than 50¢
less than the wage prescribed in | ||||||
22 | item (1) of this subsection (a); however, an employer shall | ||||||
23 | pay not less than the rate prescribed in item (1) of this | ||||||
24 | subsection (a) to: | ||||||
25 | (A) a day or temporary laborer, as defined in Section | ||||||
26 | 5 of the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, who is 18 |
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1 | years of age or older; and | ||||||
2 | (B) an employee who is 18 years of age or older and | ||||||
3 | whose employment is occasional or irregular and
requires | ||||||
4 | not more than 90 days to complete. | ||||||
5 | (3) At no time on or before December 31, 2019
shall the | ||||||
6 | wages paid to any employee under 18 years of age be more than | ||||||
7 | 50¢
less than the wage required to be paid to employees who are | ||||||
8 | at least 18 years
of age under item (1) of this subsection (a). | ||||||
9 | Beginning on January 1, 2020, every employer shall pay
to each | ||||||
10 | of his or her employees who is under 18 years of age
that has | ||||||
11 | worked more than 650 hours for the employer during any
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12 | calendar year a wage not less than the wage required for
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13 | employees who are 18 years of age or older under paragraph (1)
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14 | of subsection (a) of Section 4 of this Act. Every employer
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15 | shall pay to each of his or her employees who is under 18 years
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16 | of age that has not worked more than 650 hours for the employer
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17 | during any calendar year: (1) $8 per hour from January 1, 2020
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18 | through December 31, 2020; (2) $8.50 per hour from January 1, | ||||||
19 | 2021
through December 31, 2021; (3) $9.25 per hour from | ||||||
20 | January 1, 2022
through December 31, 2022; (4) $10.50 per hour | ||||||
21 | from January 1, 2023
through December 31, 2023; (5) $12 per | ||||||
22 | hour from January
1, 2024 through December 31, 2024; and (6) | ||||||
23 | $13 per hour on and after January 1, 2025.
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24 | (b) No employer shall discriminate between employees on | ||||||
25 | the basis of sex
or mental or physical disability, except as | ||||||
26 | otherwise provided in this Act by
paying wages to employees at |
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1 | a rate less than the rate at which he pays
wages to employees | ||||||
2 | for the same or substantially
similar work on jobs the | ||||||
3 | performance of which requires equal skill, effort,
and | ||||||
4 | responsibility, and which are performed under similar working
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5 | conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to (1) | ||||||
6 | a seniority
system; (2) a merit system; (3) a system which | ||||||
7 | measures earnings by
quantity or quality of production; or (4) | ||||||
8 | a differential based on any other
factor other than sex or | ||||||
9 | mental or physical disability, except as otherwise
provided in | ||||||
10 | this Act.
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11 | (c) Every employer of an employee engaged in an
occupation | ||||||
12 | in which gratuities have customarily and usually constituted | ||||||
13 | and
have been recognized as part of the remuneration for hire | ||||||
14 | purposes is
entitled to an allowance for gratuities as part of | ||||||
15 | the hourly wage rate
provided in Section 4, subsection (a) in | ||||||
16 | an amount not to exceed 40% of the
applicable minimum wage rate | ||||||
17 | through June 30, 2023. From July 1, 2023 through December 31, | ||||||
18 | 2023, such allowance for gratuities shall not exceed 20% of | ||||||
19 | the applicable minimum wage rate. From January 1, 2024 through | ||||||
20 | December 31, 2024, such allowance for gratuities shall not | ||||||
21 | exceed 10% of the applicable minimum wage rate . The Director | ||||||
22 | shall require each employer
desiring an allowance for | ||||||
23 | gratuities to provide substantial evidence that
the amount | ||||||
24 | claimed, which may not exceed the allowance amount prescribed | ||||||
25 | in this subsection 40% of the applicable minimum wage
rate , | ||||||
26 | was received by the employee in the period for which the claim |
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1 | of
exemption is made, and no part thereof was returned to the | ||||||
2 | employer. On and after January 1, 2025, an employer shall not | ||||||
3 | be entitled to an allowance for gratuities and shall pay each | ||||||
4 | employee no less than the applicable minimum wage rate.
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5 | (d) No camp counselor who resides on the premises of a | ||||||
6 | seasonal camp of
an organized not-for-profit corporation shall | ||||||
7 | be subject to the adult minimum
wage if the camp counselor (1) | ||||||
8 | works 40 or more hours per week, and (2)
receives a total | ||||||
9 | weekly salary of not less than the adult minimum
wage for a | ||||||
10 | 40-hour week. If the counselor works less than 40 hours per
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11 | week, the counselor shall be paid the minimum hourly wage for | ||||||
12 | each hour
worked. Every employer of a camp counselor under | ||||||
13 | this subsection is entitled
to an allowance for meals and | ||||||
14 | lodging as part of the hourly wage rate provided
in Section 4, | ||||||
15 | subsection (a), in an amount not to exceed 25% of the
minimum | ||||||
16 | wage rate.
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17 | (e) A camp counselor employed at a day camp is not subject | ||||||
18 | to the adult minimum wage if the
camp counselor is paid a | ||||||
19 | stipend on a onetime or periodic basis and, if
the camp | ||||||
20 | counselor is a minor, the minor's parent, guardian or other
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21 | custodian has consented in writing to the terms of payment | ||||||
22 | before the
commencement of such employment.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 101-1, eff. 2-19-19.)
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