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1 | | General Assembly.
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2 | | (2) To provide a basis for a claim of retaliatory |
3 | | discharge under the Minimum Wage Law and the Illinois Wage |
4 | | Payment and Collection Act.
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5 | | Section 10. The Minimum Wage Law is amended by changing |
6 | | Section 11 as follows:
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7 | | (820 ILCS 105/11) (from Ch. 48, par. 1011)
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8 | | Sec. 11. Violations and enforcement. |
9 | | (a) Any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of |
10 | | any private
employer who:
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11 | | (1) Hinders or delays the Director or his authorized |
12 | | representative in
the performance of his duties in the |
13 | | enforcement of this Act; or
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14 | | (2) Refuses to admit the Director or his authorized |
15 | | representative to
any place of employment; or
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16 | | (3) Fails to keep the records required under this Act |
17 | | or to furnish such
records required or any information to |
18 | | be furnished under this Act to the
Director or his |
19 | | authorized representative upon request; or
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20 | | (4) Fails to make and preserve any records as required |
21 | | hereunder; or
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22 | | (5) Falsifies any such record; or
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23 | | (6) Refuses to make such records available to the |
24 | | Director or his
authorized representative; or
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1 | | (7) Refuses to furnish a sworn statement of such |
2 | | records or any other
information required for the proper |
3 | | enforcement of this Act; or
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4 | | (8) Fails to post a summary of this Act or a copy of |
5 | | any applicable
regulation as required by Section 9 of this |
6 | | Act; shall be guilty of a
Class B misdemeanor; and each day |
7 | | of such failure to keep the records required under
this Act |
8 | | or to furnish such records or information to the Director |
9 | | or his
authorized representative or to fail to post |
10 | | information as required herein
constitutes a separate |
11 | | offense.
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12 | | (b) Any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of |
13 | | any private
employer, who pays or agrees to pay to any employee |
14 | | wages at a rate less
than the rate applicable under this Act or |
15 | | of any regulation issued under
this Act is guilty of a Class B |
16 | | misdemeanor, and each week on any day of
which such employee is |
17 | | paid less than the wage rate applicable under this
Act |
18 | | constitutes a separate offense.
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19 | | (c) It is unlawful for any employer or his or her agent, or |
20 | | the officer or agent of any private employer, to interfere |
21 | | with, restrain, or coerce an employee in any manner whatsoever |
22 | | in the exercise of the rights or remedies granted to him or her |
23 | | by this Act or to discriminate, attempt to discriminate, or |
24 | | threaten to discriminate against an employee in any way because |
25 | | of his or her exercise of the rights or remedies granted to him |
26 | | or her by this Act. |
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1 | | Any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of any |
2 | | private
employer, who discharges or in any other manner |
3 | | discriminates against any
employee because that employee has |
4 | | made a complaint to his employer, or to
the Director or his |
5 | | authorized representative, that he has not been paid
wages in |
6 | | accordance with the provisions of this Act, or because that
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7 | | employee has caused to be instituted or is about to cause to be |
8 | | instituted
any proceeding under or related to this Act, or |
9 | | because that employee has
testified or is about to testify in |
10 | | an investigation or proceeding under
this Act, is guilty of a |
11 | | Class B misdemeanor.
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12 | | (d) It is the duty of the Department of Labor to inquire |
13 | | diligently for
any violations of this Act, and to institute the |
14 | | action for penalties
herein provided, and to enforce generally |
15 | | the provisions of this Act.
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16 | | (Source: P.A. 86-799.)
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17 | | Section 15. The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act |
18 | | is"; and |
19 | | on page 6 by replacing line 24 with the following: |
20 | | "(c) It is be unlawful for any employer or any agent of an |
21 | | employer to interfere with, restrain, or coerce an employee in |
22 | | any manner whatsoever in the exercise of the rights or remedies |
23 | | granted to him or her by this Act or to discriminate, attempt |
24 | | to discriminate, or threaten to discriminate against an |