820 ILCS 175/85

(820 ILCS 175/85)

Sec. 85. Third party clients.

(a) It is a violation of this Act for a third party client to enter into a contract for the employment of day or temporary laborers with any day and temporary labor service agency not registered under Section 45 of this Act. A third party client has a duty to verify a day and temporary labor service agency's status with the Department before entering into a contract with such an agency, and on March 1 and September 1 of each year. A day and temporary labor service agency shall be required to provide each of its third party clients with proof of valid registration issued by the Department at the time of entering into a contract. A day and temporary labor service agency shall be required to notify, both by telephone and in writing, each day or temporary laborer it employs and each third party client with whom it has a contract within 24 hours of any denial, suspension, or revocation of its registration by the Department. All contracts between any day and temporary labor service agency and any third party client shall be considered null and void from the date any such denial, suspension, or revocation of registration becomes effective and until such time as the day and temporary labor service agency becomes registered and considered in good standing by the Department as provided in Section 50 and Section 55. Upon request, the Department shall provide to a third party client a list of entities registered as day and temporary labor service agencies. The Department shall provide on the Internet a list of entities registered as day and temporary labor service agencies. A third party client may rely on information provided by the Department or maintained on the Department's website pursuant to Section 45 of this Act and shall be held harmless if such information maintained or provided by the Department was inaccurate. Any third party client that violates this provision of the Act is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $100 and not to exceed $1,500. Each day during which a third party client contracts with a day and temporary labor service agency not registered under Section 45 of this Act shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(b) If a third party client leases or contracts with a day and temporary service agency for the services of a day or temporary laborer, the third party client shall share all legal responsibility and liability for the payment of wages under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act and the Minimum Wage Law.

(c) Before the assignment of an employee to a worksite employer, a day and temporary labor service agency must:

(1) inquire about the client company's safety and health practices and hazards at the actual workplace where the day or temporary laborer will be working to assess the safety conditions, workers tasks, and the client company's safety program; these activities are required at the start of any contract to place day or temporary laborers and may include visiting the client company's actual worksite. If, during the inquiry or anytime during the period of the contract, the day and temporary labor service agency becomes aware of existing job hazards that are not mitigated by the client company, the day and temporary labor service agency must make the client company aware, urge the client company to correct it, and document these efforts, otherwise the day and temporary labor service agency must remove the day or temporary laborers from the client company's worksite;

(2) provide training to the day or temporary laborer for general awareness safety training for recognized industry hazards the day or temporary laborer may encounter at the client company's worksite. Industry hazard training must be completed, in the preferred language of the day or temporary laborer, and must be provided at no expense to the day or temporary laborer. The training date and training content must be maintained by the day and temporary staffing agency and provided to the day or temporary laborer;

(3) transmit a general description of the training program including topics covered to the client company, whether electronically or on paper, at the start of the contract with the client company;

(4) provide the Department's hotline number for the employee to call to report safety hazards and concerns as part of the employment materials provided to the day or temporary laborer; and

(5) inform the day or temporary laborer who the day or temporary laborer should report safety concerns to at the workplace.

Nothing in this Section shall diminish any existing client company or a day and temporary labor service agency's responsibility as an employer to provide a place of employment free from recognized hazards or to otherwise comply with other health and safety or employment laws. The client company and the day and temporary labor service agency are responsible for compliance with this Section and the rules adopted under this Section.

(d) Before the day or temporary laborer engages in work for a client company, the client company must:

(1) document and inform the day and temporary labor service agency about anticipated job hazards likely encountered by the day or temporary laborer;

(2) review the safety and health awareness training provided by the day and temporary labor service agency to determine if it addresses recognized hazards for the client company's industry;

(3) provide specific training tailored to the particular hazards at the client company's worksite consistent with training requirements provided for in standards, guidances, or best practices issued by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and

(4) document and maintain records of site-specific training and provide confirmation that the training occurred to the day and temporary labor service agency within 3 business days of providing the training.

(e) If the client company changes the job tasks or work location and new hazards may be encountered, the client company must:

(1) inform both the day and temporary labor service agency and the day or temporary laborer; and

(2) inform both the day and temporary labor service agency staffing agency and the day or temporary laborer of job hazards not previously covered before the day or temporary laborer undertakes the new tasks and update personal protective equipment and training for the new job tasks consistent with training requirements provided for in standards, guidances, or best practices issued by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, if necessary.

(f) A day and temporary labor service agency or day or temporary laborer may refuse a new job task at the worksite when the task has not been reviewed or if the day or temporary laborer has not had appropriate training to do the new task.

(g) A client company that supervises a day or temporary laborer must provide worksite specific training to the day or temporary laborer and must allow a day and temporary labor service agency to visit any worksite where the day or temporary laborer works or will be working to observe and confirm the client company's training and information related to the worksite's job tasks, safety and health practices, and hazards.

(Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23; 103-1030, eff. 8-9-24.)