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90_HB2269
820 ILCS 115/4.5 new
Amends the Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that
an employer to whom this Act applies must pay an employee's
net pay to the employee in the form of a check or other
negotiable instrument made payable to the employee or by
direct deposit into an employee's account in a financial
institution. Provides that no employer may pay an employee's
net pay to the employee in the form of currency. Provides
that violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Exempts payments to
workers who receive pay each day they work and payments to an
employee whose weekly net pay is less than $100.
LRB9004289WHgc
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection
2 Act by adding Section 4.5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act
6 is amended by adding Section 4.5 as follows:
7 (820 ILCS 115/4.5 new)
8 Sec. 4.5. Payment of wages in currency prohibited.
9 (a) An employer to whom this Act applies must pay an
10 employee's net pay to the employee in the form of a check or
11 other negotiable instrument made payable to the employee or
12 by direct deposit into an employee's account in a financial
13 institution. No employer may pay an employee's net pay to the
14 employee in the form of currency.
15 (b) Violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
16 (c) Nothing in this Section applies to the following:
17 (1) Payments to workers who receive pay each day
18 they work.
19 (2) Payments to an employee whose weekly net pay is
20 less than $100.