103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1996

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new
820 ILCS 205/2  from Ch. 48, par. 31.2

    Amends the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Manufacturing Mentorship Program to be administered by the Department of Labor for the purpose of exposing minors who are 17 years of age to manufacturing occupations in the State through temporary employment with an employer. Provides for educational and training requirements that an employer must satisfy to ensure the safety of minors. Provides that the Director of Labor, in consultation with employers, shall adopt rules specifying a list of the tools that a minor who is employed under the program may operate during the minor's employment in a manufacturing occupation. Amends the Child Labor Law. Provides that nothing in the Act applies to the employment of a minor, 17 years of age, in a manufacturing occupation under the Manufacturing Mentorship Program. Effective July 1, 2024.


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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 Department of Labor Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
61505-225 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new)
8    Sec. 1505-225. Manufacturing Mentorship Program.
9    (a) As used in this Section:
10        "Employer" means a person who employs an individual in
11    a manufacturing occupation.
12        "Manufacturing occupation" means employment that
13    consists of the mechanical, physical, or chemical
14    transformation of materials, substances, or components
15    into new products for sale, including the assembling of
16    component parts into a finished product.
17        "Program" means the Manufacturing Mentorship Program.
18    (b) There is hereby created the Manufacturing Mentorship
19Program to be administered by the Department of Labor for the
20purpose of exposing minors who are 17 years of age to
21manufacturing occupations in this State through temporary
22employment with an employer. An employer employing a minor
23under the program shall do all of the following:

 

 

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1        (1) determine the duration of the minor's employment;
2        (2) assign the minor a mentor to provide direct and
3    close supervision while the minor is engaged in any
4    workplace activity;
5        (3) provide the minor with the training described in
6    subsection (c);
7        (4) encourage the minor to participate in a career and
8    technical education program approved by the State Board of
9    Education if the minor is not participating in a career
10    and technical education program when the minor begins
11    employment; and
12        (5) comply with all applicable State and federal laws
13    and regulations relating to the employment of minors.
14    (c)(1) An employer employing a minor who is 17 years of age
15in a manufacturing occupation under the program shall provide
16the minor with training that includes all of the following:
17        (A) a 10-hour course in general industry safety and
18    health hazard recognition and prevention approved by the
19    Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the
20    United States Department of Labor;
21        (B) instructions on how to operate the specific tools
22    the minor will use during the minor's employment;
23        (C) the general safety and health hazards to which the
24    minor may be exposed at the minor's workplace;
25        (D) the value of commitment to safety and safety
26    management; and

 

 

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1        (E) information on the employer's drug testing policy.
2    (2) For purposes of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), a
3minor may participate in a 30-hour course in general industry
4safety and health hazard recognition and prevention approved
5by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the
6United States Department of Labor if the minor has already
7successfully completed a 10-hour course.
8    (3) The employer shall pay any costs associated with
9providing the training required by paragraph (1) or permitted
10under paragraph (2).
11    (4) An employer is not required to provide the training
12described in paragraph (1) or (2) if the minor presents proof
13of completing the training during the 6-month period
14immediately before beginning employment with the employer.
15    (d) The Director of Labor, in consultation with employers,
16shall adopt rules specifying a list of the tools that a minor
17who is 17 years of age who is employed under the program may
18operate during the minor's employment in a manufacturing
19occupation. The Director of Labor shall use the manual issued
20by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department
21of Labor titled "Field Operations Handbook" or its successor
22for guidance in developing the list. Nothing in this Section
23requires the Director of Labor to include a tool on the list if
24orders issued pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
25or Section 7 of the Child Labor Law or rules adopted under that
26Section specifically permit minors of that age to operate the

 

 

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1tool.
2    (e) A minor who is 17 years of age who is employed by an
3employer under the program may work in any manufacturing
4occupation not denied by law to minors of that age under
5Section 7 of the Child Labor Law or rules adopted under that
6Section.
7    (f) No employer shall:
8        (1) permit a minor who is 17 years of age to operate a
9    tool minors of that age are permitted to operate pursuant
10    to the rules adopted under subsection (d) unless the minor
11    is employed by the employer under the program;
12        (2) permit a minor who is 17 years of age who is
13    employed by the employer under the program to operate a
14    tool prohibited for use by minors of that age pursuant to
15    the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 or Section 7 of the
16    Child Labor Law or rules adopted under that Section.
 
17    Section 10. The Child Labor Law is amended by changing
18Section 2 as follows:
 
19    (820 ILCS 205/2)  (from Ch. 48, par. 31.2)
20    Sec. 2. Nothing in this Act applies to the work of a minor
21engaged in agricultural pursuits except for those persons
22restricted from working in a gainful occupation in connection
23with agriculture in Section 1 or in the sale and distribution
24of magazines and newspapers at hours when the schools of the

 

 

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1district are not in session. Nothing in this Act applies to the
2employment of a minor outside school hours in and around a home
3at work usual to the home of the employer so long as that work
4is not in connection with or a part of the business, trade or
5profession of the employer.
6    Nothing in this Act applies to the work of a minor in
7caddying at a golf course who is 13 or more years of age.
8    Nothing in this Act applies to the employment of a minor,
917 years of age, in a manufacturing occupation under the
10Manufacturing Mentorship Program as provided in Section
111505-225 of the Department of Labor Law of the Civil
12Administrative Code of Illinois.
13    Nothing in Section 9 of this Act applies to a minor, 14 or
1415 years of age, during that part of the year from May 1
15through September 30, in an occupational, vocational, or
16educational program funded by the Job Training Partnership
17Act.
18(Source: P.A. 87-903.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
202024.