Section 300.500  Earned Bonuses

a)         A claim for an earned bonus arises when an employee performs the requirements for a bonus set forth in a contract or an agreement between the parties.

b)         A former employee shall be entitled to a proportionate share of a bonus earned by length of service, regardless of any provision in the contract or agreement conditioning payment of the bonus upon employment on a particular date, when the employment relationship was terminated by mutual consent of the parties or by an act of the employer through no fault of the former employee.

(Source:  Added at 16 Ill. Reg. 13828, effective September 1, 1992)