Public Act 096-1185
 
HB5247 EnrolledLRB096 15053 RLC 30633 b

    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Day and Temporary Labor Services Act is
amended by changing Sections 30, 70, and 95 as follows:
 
    (820 ILCS 175/30)
    Sec. 30. Wage Payment and Notice.
    (a) At the time of payment of wages, a day and temporary
labor service agency shall provide each day or temporary
laborer with a detailed itemized statement, on the day or
temporary laborer's paycheck stub or on a form approved by the
Department, listing the following:
        (1) the name, address, and telephone number of each
    third party client at which the day or temporary laborer
    worked. If this information is provided on the day or
    temporary laborer's paycheck stub, a code for each third
    party client may be used so long as the required
    information for each coded third party client is made
    available to the day or temporary laborer;
        (2) the number of hours worked by the day or temporary
    laborer at each third party client each day during the pay
    period. If the day or temporary laborer is assigned to work
    at the same work site of the same third party client for
    multiple days in the same work week, the day and temporary
    labor service agency may record a summary of hours worked
    at that third party client's worksite so long as the first
    and last day of that work week are identified as well. The
    term "hours worked" has the meaning ascribed to that term
    in 56 Ill. Adm. Code 210.110 and in accordance with all
    applicable rules or court interpretations under 56 Ill.
    Adm. Code 210.110;
        (3) the rate of payment for each hour worked, including
    any premium rate or bonus;
        (4) the total pay period earnings;
        (5) all deductions made from the day or temporary
    laborer's compensation made either by the third party
    client or by the day and temporary labor service agency,
    and the purpose for which deductions were made, including
    for the day or temporary laborer's transportation, food,
    equipment, withheld income tax, withheld social security
    payments, and every other deduction; and
        (6) any additional information required by rules
    issued by the Department.
    (a-1) For each day or temporary laborer who is contracted
to work a single day, the third party client shall, at the end
of the work day, provide such day or temporary laborer with a
Work Verification Form, approved by the Department, which shall
contain the date, the day or temporary laborer's name, the work
location, and the hours worked on that day. Any third party
client who violates this subsection (a-1) may be subject to a
civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each violation found by
the Department. Such civil penalty may increase to $2,500 for a
second or subsequent violation. For purposes of this subsection
(a-1), each violation of this subsection (a-1) for each day or
temporary laborer and for each day the violation continues
shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.
    (b) A day and temporary labor service agency shall provide
each worker an annual earnings summary within a reasonable time
after the preceding calendar year, but in no case later than
February 1. A day and temporary labor service agency shall, at
the time of each wage payment, give notice to day or temporary
laborers of the availability of the annual earnings summary or
post such a notice in a conspicuous place in the public
reception area.
    (c) At the request of a day or temporary laborer, a day and
temporary labor service agency shall hold the daily wages of
the day or temporary laborer and make either weekly, bi-weekly,
or semi-monthly payments. The wages shall be paid in a single
check, or, at the day or temporary laborer's sole option, by
direct deposit or other manner approved by the Department,
representing the wages earned during the period, either weekly,
bi-weekly, or semi-monthly, designated by the day or temporary
laborer in accordance with the Illinois Wage Payment and
Collection Act. Vouchers or any other method of payment which
is not generally negotiable shall be prohibited as a method of
payment of wages. Day and temporary labor service agencies that
make daily wage payments shall provide written notification to
all day or temporary laborers of the right to request weekly,
bi-weekly, or semi-monthly checks. The day and temporary labor
service agency may provide this notice by conspicuously posting
the notice at the location where the wages are received by the
day or temporary laborers.
    (d) No day and temporary labor service agency shall charge
any day or temporary laborer for cashing a check issued by the
agency for wages earned by a day or temporary laborer who
performed work through that agency.
    (e) Day or temporary laborers shall be paid no less than
the wage rate stated in the notice as provided in Section 10 of
this Act for all the work performed on behalf of the third
party client in addition to the work listed in the written
description.
    (f) The total amount deducted for meals, equipment, and
transportation may not cause a day or temporary laborer's
hourly wage to fall below the State or federal minimum wage.
However, a day and temporary labor service agency may deduct
the actual market value of reusable equipment provided to the
day or temporary laborer by the day and temporary labor service
agency which the day or temporary laborer fails to return, if
the day or temporary laborer provides a written authorization
for such deduction at the time the deduction is made.
    (g) A day or temporary laborer who is contracted by a day
and temporary labor service agency to work at a third party
client's worksite but is not utilized by the third party client
shall be paid by the day and temporary labor service agency for
a minimum of 4 hours of pay at the agreed upon rate of pay.
However, in the event the day and temporary labor service
agency contracts the day or temporary laborer to work at
another location during the same shift, the day or temporary
laborer shall be paid by the day and temporary labor service
agency for a minimum of 2 hours of pay at the agreed upon rate
of pay.
    (h) A third party client is required to pay wages and
related payroll taxes to a licensed day and temporary labor
service agency for services performed by the day or temporary
laborer for the third party client according to payment terms
outlined on invoices, service agreements, or stated terms
provided by the day and temporary labor service agency. A third
party client who fails to comply with this subsection (h) is
subject to the penalties provided in Section 70 of this Act.
The Department shall review a complaint filed by a licensed day
and temporary labor agency. The Department shall review the
payroll and accounting records of the day and temporary labor
service agency and the third party client for the period in
which the violation of this Act is alleged to have occurred to
determine if wages and payroll taxes have been paid to the
agency and that the day or temporary laborer has been paid the
wages owed him or her.
(Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06; 95-499, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
    (820 ILCS 175/70)
    Sec. 70. Penalties.
    (a) A day and temporary labor service agency or third party
client that violates any of the provisions of this Act or any
rule adopted under this Act shall be subject to a civil penalty
not to exceed $6,000 for violations found in the first audit by
the Department. Following a first audit, a day and temporary
labor service agency or third party client shall be subject to
a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each repeat violation
found by the Department within 3 years. For purposes of this
subsection, each violation of this Act for each day or
temporary laborer and for each day the violation continues
shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. In
determining the amount of a penalty, the Director shall
consider the appropriateness of the penalty to the day and
temporary labor service agency or third party client charged,
upon the determination of the gravity of the violations. For
any violation determined by the Department to be willful which
is within 3 years of an earlier violation, the Department may
revoke the registration of the violator, if the violator is a
day and temporary labor service agency. The amount of the
penalty, when finally determined, may be:
        (1) Recovered in a civil action brought by the Director
    of Labor in any circuit court. In this litigation, the
    Director of Labor shall be represented by the Attorney
    General.
        (2) Ordered by the court, in an action brought by any
    party for a violation under this Act, to be paid to the
    Director of Labor.
    (b) The Department shall adopt rules for violation hearings
and penalties for violations of this Act or the Department's
rules in conjunction with the penalties set forth in this Act.
    Any administrative determination by the Department as to
the amount of each penalty shall be final unless reviewed as
provided in Section 60 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
    (820 ILCS 175/95)
    Sec. 95. Private Right of Action.
    (a) A person aggrieved by a violation of this Act or any
rule adopted under this Act by a day and temporary labor
service agency or a third party client may file suit in circuit
court of Illinois, in the county where the alleged offense
occurred or where any day or temporary laborer who is party to
the action resides, without regard to exhaustion of any
alternative administrative remedies provided in this Act. A day
and temporary labor service agency aggrieved by a violation of
this Act or any rule adopted under this Act by a third party
client may file suit in circuit court of Illinois, in the
county where the alleged offense occurred or where the day and
temporary labor service agency which is party to the action is
located. Actions may be brought by one or more day or temporary
laborers for and on behalf of themselves and other day or
temporary laborers similarly situated. A day or temporary
laborer whose rights have been violated under this Act by a day
and temporary labor service agency or a third party client or a
day and temporary labor service agency whose rights have been
violated under this Act by a third party client is entitled to
collect:
        (1) in the case of a wage and hour violation, the
    amount of any wages, salary, employment benefits, or other
    compensation denied or lost to the day or temporary laborer
    or day and temporary labor service agency by reason of the
    violation, plus an equal amount in liquidated damages;
        (2) in the case of a health and safety or notice
    violation, compensatory damages and an amount up to $500
    for the violation of each subpart of each Section;
        (3) in the case of unlawful retaliation, all legal or
    equitable relief as may be appropriate; and
        (4) attorney's fees and costs.
    (b) The right of an aggrieved person to bring an action
under this Section terminates upon the passing of 3 years from
the final date of employment by the day and temporary labor
agency or the third party client or upon the passing of 3 years
from the date of termination of the contract between the day
and temporary labor service agency and the third party client.
This limitations period is tolled if a day labor employer has
deterred a day and temporary labor service agency or day or
temporary laborer's exercise of rights under this Act by
contacting or threatening to contact law enforcement agencies.
(Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.