(820 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1004)
Sec. 4. (a)(1) Every employer shall pay to each of his employees in every
occupation wages of not less than $2.30 per hour or in the case of
employees under 18 years of age wages of not less than $1.95 per hour,
except as provided in Sections 5 and 6 of this Act, and on and after
January 1, 1984, every employer shall pay to each of his employees in every
occupation wages of not less than $2.65 per hour or in the case of
employees under 18 years of age wages of not less than $2.25 per hour, and
on and after October 1, 1984 every employer shall pay to each of his
employees in every occupation wages of not less than $3.00 per hour or in
the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of not less than $2.55
per hour, and on or after July 1, 1985 every employer shall pay to each of
his employees in every occupation wages of not less than $3.35 per hour or
in the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of not less than $2.85
per hour,
and from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004 every employer shall pay
to
each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
occupation wages of not less than $5.50 per hour, and from
January 1,
2005 through June 30, 2007 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years
of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $6.50 per hour, and from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years
of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $7.50 per hour, and from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years
of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $7.75 per hour, and from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years
of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $8.00 per hour, and from July 1, 2010 through December 31, 2019 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $8.25 per hour, and from
January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $9.25 per hour, and from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 every employer shall pay
to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older
in every occupation wages of not less than $10 per hour, and
from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 every employer shall
pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or
older in every occupation wages of not less than $11 per hour,
and from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 every employer
shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age
or older in every occupation wages of not less than $12 per
hour, and from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 every
employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
than $13 per hour, and from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $14 per hour; and on and after January 1, 2025, every
employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
than $15 per hour.
(2) Unless an employee's wages are reduced under Section 6, then in lieu of the rate prescribed in item (1) of this subsection (a), an employer may pay an employee who is 18 years of age or older, during the first 90 consecutive calendar days after the employee is initially employed by the employer, a wage that is not more than 50¢
less than the wage prescribed in item (1) of this subsection (a); however, an employer shall pay not less than the rate prescribed in item (1) of this subsection (a) to: (A) a day or temporary laborer, as defined in Section 5 of the Day and Temporary Labor |
(3) At no time on or before December 31, 2019
shall the wages paid to any employee under 18 years of age be more than 50¢
less than the wage required to be paid to employees who are at least 18 years
of age under item (1) of this subsection (a). Beginning on January 1, 2020, every employer shall pay
to each of his or her employees who is under 18 years of age
that has worked more than 650 hours for the employer during any
calendar year a wage not less than the wage required for
employees who are 18 years of age or older under paragraph (1)
of subsection (a) of Section 4 of this Act. Every employer
shall pay to each of his or her employees who is under 18 years
of age that has not worked more than 650 hours for the employer
during any calendar year: (1) $8 per hour from January 1, 2020
through December 31, 2020; (2) $8.50 per hour from January 1, 2021
through December 31, 2021; (3) $9.25 per hour from January 1, 2022
through December 31, 2022; (4) $10.50 per hour from January 1, 2023
through December 31, 2023; (5) $12 per hour from January
1, 2024 through December 31, 2024; and (6) $13 per hour on and after January 1, 2025.
(b) No employer shall discriminate between employees on the basis of sex
or mental or physical disability, except as otherwise provided in this Act by
paying wages to employees at a rate less than the rate at which he pays
wages to employees for the same or substantially
similar work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort,
and responsibility, and which are performed under similar working
conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to (1) a seniority
system; (2) a merit system; (3) a system which measures earnings by
quantity or quality of production; or (4) a differential based on any other
factor other than sex or mental or physical disability, except as otherwise
provided in this Act.
(c) Every employer of an employee engaged in an
occupation in which gratuities have customarily and usually constituted and
have been recognized as part of the remuneration for hire purposes is
entitled to an allowance for gratuities as part of the hourly wage rate
provided in Section 4, subsection (a) in an amount not to exceed 40% of the
applicable minimum wage rate. The Director shall require each employer
desiring an allowance for gratuities to provide substantial evidence that
the amount claimed, which may not exceed 40% of the applicable minimum wage
rate, was received by the employee in the period for which the claim of
exemption is made, and no part thereof was returned to the employer.
(d) No camp counselor who resides on the premises of a seasonal camp of
an organized not-for-profit corporation shall be subject to the adult minimum
wage if the camp counselor (1) works 40 or more hours per week, and (2)
receives a total weekly salary of not less than the adult minimum
wage for a 40-hour week. If the counselor works less than 40 hours per
week, the counselor shall be paid the minimum hourly wage for each hour
worked. Every employer of a camp counselor under this subsection is entitled
to an allowance for meals and lodging as part of the hourly wage rate provided
in Section 4, subsection (a), in an amount not to exceed 25% of the
minimum wage rate.
(e) A camp counselor employed at a day camp is not subject to the adult minimum wage if the
camp counselor is paid a stipend on a onetime or periodic basis and, if
the camp counselor is a minor, the minor's parent, guardian or other
custodian has consented in writing to the terms of payment before the
commencement of such employment.
(Source: P.A. 101-1, eff. 2-19-19.)
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