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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0858 Introduced 2/7/2017, by Sen. Patricia Van Pelt SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. Provides that "low-wage employee" means an employee whose earnings do not exceed the greater
of (1) the hourly rate equal to the minimum wage required by the applicable federal, State, or local minimum wage law or (2)
$13.00 per hour (instead of an employee who earns the greater of the applicable minimum wage or $13.00 per hour). Effective immediately.
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| | SB0858 | | LRB100 06081 JLS 18987 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Freedom to Work Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 90/5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
| 8 | | "Covenant not to compete" means an agreement: |
| 9 | | (1) between an employer and a low-wage employee that |
| 10 | | restricts such low-wage employee from performing: |
| 11 | | (A) any work for another employer for a specified |
| 12 | | period of time; |
| 13 | | (B) any work in a specified geographical area; or |
| 14 | | (C) work for another employer that is similar to |
| 15 | | such low-wage employee's work for the employer |
| 16 | | included as a party to the agreement; and
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| 17 | | (2) that is entered into after the effective date of |
| 18 | | this Act. |
| 19 | | "Employer" has the meaning given to such term in subsection |
| 20 | | (c) of Section 3 of the Minimum Wage Law. "Employer" does not |
| 21 | | include governmental or quasi-governmental bodies. |
| 22 | | "Low-wage employee" means an employee whose earnings do not |
| 23 | | exceed who earns the greater of (1) the hourly rate equal to |