(820 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 1002)
Sec. 2. The General Assembly finds that the existence in industries, trades or business, or branches thereof, including offices, mercantile establishments and all other places of employment in the State of Illinois covered by this Act, of conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for the health, efficiency and general well‑being of workers, leads to labor disputes, and places burdens on the State, and all other subordinate political bodies thereof, to assist and supply necessary moneys and goods to workers and their families to aid them to exist on a minimum budget for their needs, and thus places an unnecessary burden on the taxpayers of this State. Therefore, it is the policy of this Act to establish a minimum wage standard for workers at a level consistent with their health, efficiency and general well‑being; to safeguard such minimum wage against the unfair competition of wage and hour standards which do not provide such adequate standards of living; and to sustain purchasing power and increase employment opportunities.
It is against public policy for an employer to pay to his employees an amount less than that fixed by this Act. Payment of any amount less than herein fixed is an unreasonable and oppressive wage, and less than sufficient to meet the minimum cost of living necessary for health. Any contract, agreement or understanding for or in relation to such unreasonable and oppressive wage for any employment covered by this Act is void.
(Source: P.A. 77‑1451.) |
(820 ILCS 105/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 1003)
Sec. 3. As used in this Act:
(a) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Labor, and "Department" means the Department of Labor.
(b) "Wages" means compensation due to an employee by reason of his employment, including allowances determined by the Director in accordance with the provisions of this Act for gratuities and, when furnished by the employer, for meals and lodging actually used by the employee.
(c) "Employer" includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, governmental or quasi‑governmental body, or any person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee, for which one or more persons are gainfully employed on some day within a calendar year. An employer is subject to this Act in a calendar year on and after the first day in such calendar year in which he employs one or more persons, and for the following calendar year.
(d) "Employee" includes any individual permitted to work by an employer in an occupation, but does not include any individual permitted to work:
(1) For an employer employing fewer than 4 employees
| exclusive of the employer's parent, spouse or child or other members of his immediate family. | |
(2) As an employee employed in agriculture or |
| aquaculture (A) if such employee is employed by an employer who did not, during any calendar quarter during the preceding calendar year, use more than 500 man‑days of agricultural or aquacultural labor, (B) if such employee is the parent, spouse or child, or other member of the employer's immediate family, (C) if such employee (i) is employed as a hand harvest laborer and is paid on a piece rate basis in an operation which has been, and is customarily and generally recognized as having been, paid on a piece rate basis in the region of employment, (ii) commutes daily from his permanent residence to the farm on which he is so employed, and (iii) has been employed in agriculture less than 13 weeks during the preceding calendar year, (D) if such employee (other than an employee described in clause (C) of this subparagraph): (i) is 16 years of age or under and is employed as a hand harvest laborer, is paid on a piece rate basis in an operation which has been, and is customarily and generally recognized as having been, paid on a piece rate basis in the region of employment, (ii) is employed on the same farm as his parent or person standing in the place of his parent, and (iii) is paid at the same piece rate as employees over 16 are paid on the same farm. | |
(3) In domestic service in or about a private home.
(4) As an outside salesman.
(5) As a member of a religious corporation or |
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(6) At an accredited Illinois college or university |
| employed by the college or university at which he is a student who is covered under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as heretofore or hereafter amended. | |
(7) For a motor carrier and with respect to whom the |
| U.S. Secretary of Transportation has the power to establish qualifications and maximum hours of service under the provisions of Title 49 U.S.C. or the State of Illinois under Section 18b‑105 (Title 92 of the Illinois Administrative Code, Part 395 ‑ Hours of Service of Drivers) of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | |
The above exclusions from the term "employee" may be further defined by regulations of the Director.
(e) "Occupation" means an industry, trade, business or class of work in which employees are gainfully employed.
(f) "Gratuities" means voluntary monetary contributions to an employee from a guest, patron or customer in connection with services rendered.
(g) "Outside salesman" means an employee regularly engaged in making sales or obtaining orders or contracts for services where a major portion of such duties are performed away from his employer's place of business.
(h) "Day camp" means a seasonal recreation program in operation for no more than 16 weeks intermittently throughout the calendar year, accommodating for profit or under philanthropic or charitable auspices, 5 or more children under 18 years of age, not including overnight programs. The term "day camp" does not include a "day care agency", "child care facility" or "foster family home" as licensed by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
(Source: P.A. 94‑1025, eff. 7‑14‑06; 95‑945, eff. 1‑1‑09.) |
