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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 4a as follows:
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6 | (820 ILCS 105/4a) (from Ch. 48, par. 1004a)
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7 | Sec. 4a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | no employer
shall employ any of his employees for a workweek of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | more than 40 hours
unless such employee receives compensation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | for his employment in excess of
the hours above specified at a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | rate not less than 1 1/2 times the regular
rate at which he is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | employed.
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13 | (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this Section are | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | not applicable to:
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15 | A. Any salesman or mechanic primarily engaged in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | selling or servicing
automobiles, trucks or farm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | implements, if he is employed by a nonmanufacturing
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18 | establishment primarily engaged in the business of selling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | such vehicles
or implements to ultimate purchasers.
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20 | B. Any salesman primarily engaged in selling trailers, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | boats, or aircraft,
if he is employed by a nonmanufacturing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | establishment primarily engaged
in the business of selling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | trailers, boats, or aircraft to ultimate purchasers.
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24 | C. Any employer of agricultural labor, with respect to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | such
agricultural employment.
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26 | D. Any governmental body.
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27 | E. Any employee employed in a bona fide executive, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | administrative or
professional capacity, including any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | radio or television announcer, news
editor, or chief | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | engineer, as defined by or covered by the Federal Fair
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31 | Labor Standards Act
of 1938, as now or hereafter amended , | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | or as defined by the Department pursuant to its authority |
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1 | under this paragraph (E) . For bona fide executive,
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2 | administrative, and professional employees of | ||||||
3 | not-for-profit corporations,
the Director may, by | ||||||
4 | regulation, adopt a weekly wage rate standard lower
than | ||||||
5 | that provided for executive, administrative, and | ||||||
6 | professional
employees covered under the Fair Labor | ||||||
7 | Standards Act of 1938, as now or
hereafter amended.
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8 | F. Any commissioned employee as described in paragraph | ||||||
9 | (i) of Section
7 of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of | ||||||
10 | 1938 and rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as | ||||||
11 | now or hereafter amended. Within 30 days after the | ||||||
12 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | ||||||
13 | Assembly, the Department shall adopt emergency rules, in | ||||||
14 | accordance with Section 5-45 of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Administrative Procedure Act, defining or delimiting this | ||||||
16 | exemption in a manner that is substantially similar to that | ||||||
17 | found at Part 541 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal | ||||||
18 | Regulations on March 30, 2003. For purposes of the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of rules to | ||||||
20 | implement this Section shall be considered an emergency and | ||||||
21 | necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.
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22 | Within 180 days after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
23 | Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Department shall | ||||||
24 | define and delimit this exemption by rule. In no event | ||||||
25 | shall the Department's rules adopted pursuant to this | ||||||
26 | paragraph (E) provide for a broader exemption than that | ||||||
27 | found at Part 541 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal | ||||||
28 | Regulations on March 30, 2003.
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29 | G. Any employment of an employee in the stead of | ||||||
30 | another employee of the
same employer pursuant to a | ||||||
31 | worktime exchange agreement between employees.
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32 | H. Any employee of a not-for-profit educational or | ||||||
33 | residential child care
institution who (a) on a daily basis | ||||||
34 | is directly involved in educating or
caring for children | ||||||
35 | who (1) are orphans, foster children, abused,
neglected or | ||||||
36 | abandoned children, or are otherwise homeless children
and |
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1 | (2) reside in residential facilities of the institution and | ||||||
2 | (b) is
compensated at an annual rate of not less than | ||||||
3 | $13,000 or, if the employee
resides in such facilities and | ||||||
4 | receives without cost board and lodging from
such | ||||||
5 | institution, not less than $10,000.
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6 | I. Any employee employed as a crew member of any | ||||||
7 | uninspected towing
vessel, as defined by Section 2101(40) | ||||||
8 | of Title 46 of the United States Code,
operating in any | ||||||
9 | navigable waters in or along the boundaries of the State of
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10 | Illinois.
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11 | (3) Any employer may employ any employee for a period or | ||||||
12 | periods of not
more than 10 hours in the aggregate in any | ||||||
13 | workweek in excess of the maximum
hours specified in subsection | ||||||
14 | (1) of this Section without paying the
compensation for | ||||||
15 | overtime employment prescribed in subsection (1) if during
that | ||||||
16 | period or periods the employee is receiving remedial education | ||||||
17 | that:
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18 | (a) is provided to employees who lack a high school | ||||||
19 | diploma or educational
attainment at the eighth grade | ||||||
20 | level;
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21 | (b) is designed to provide reading and other basic | ||||||
22 | skills at an eighth
grade level or below; and
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23 | (c) does not include job specific training.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 92-623, eff. 7-11-02.)
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25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
26 | becoming law.
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