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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 Employee Classification Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (820 ILCS 185/5)
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| 7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | "Construction" means any constructing, altering, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | reconstructing, repairing, rehabilitating, refinishing, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | refurbishing, remodeling, remediating, renovating, custom | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | fabricating, maintenance, landscaping, improving, wrecking, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | painting, decorating, demolishing, and adding to or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | subtracting from any building, structure, highway, roadway, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | street, bridge, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | water works, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | structure, project, development, real property or improvement, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | or to do any part thereof, whether or not the performance of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | the work herein described involves the addition to, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | fabrication into, any structure, project, development, real | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | property or improvement herein described of any material or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | article of merchandise. Construction shall also include moving | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | construction related materials on the job site to or from the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | job site.
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| 1 | "Contractor" means any individual, sole proprietor, | ||||||
| 2 | partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, | ||||||
| 3 | association or other legal entity permitted by law to do | ||||||
| 4 | business within the State of Illinois who engages in | ||||||
| 5 | construction as defined in this Act. | ||||||
| 6 | "Contractor" includes a general contractor and a | ||||||
| 7 | subcontractor.
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| 8 | "Department" means the Department of Labor.
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| 9 | "Director" means the Director of the Department of Labor.
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| 10 | "Employer" means any contractor that employs individuals | ||||||
| 11 | deemed employees under Section 10 of this Act; however, | ||||||
| 12 | "employer" does not include (i) the State of Illinois or its | ||||||
| 13 | officers, agencies, or political subdivisions or (ii) the | ||||||
| 14 | federal government.
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| 15 | "Entity" means any contractor for which an individual is | ||||||
| 16 | performing services and is not classified as an employee under | ||||||
| 17 | Section 10 of this Act; however, "entity" does not include (i) | ||||||
| 18 | the State of Illinois or its officers, agencies, or political | ||||||
| 19 | subdivisions or (ii) the federal government.
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| 20 | "Interested party" means a person with an interest in | ||||||
| 21 | compliance with this Act. | ||||||
| 22 | "Performing services" means the performance of any | ||||||
| 23 | constructing, altering, reconstructing, repairing, | ||||||
| 24 | rehabilitating, refinishing, refurbishing, remodeling, | ||||||
| 25 | remediating, renovating, custom fabricating, maintenance, | ||||||
| 26 | landscaping, improving, wrecking, painting, decorating, | ||||||
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| 1 | demolishing, and adding to or subtracting from any building, | ||||||
| 2 | structure, highway, roadway, street, bridge, alley, sewer, | ||||||
| 3 | ditch, sewage disposal plant, water works, parking facility, | ||||||
| 4 | railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development, | ||||||
| 5 | real property or improvement, or to do any part thereof, | ||||||
| 6 | whether or not the performance of the work herein described | ||||||
| 7 | involves the addition to, or fabrication into, any structure, | ||||||
| 8 | project, development, real property or improvement herein | ||||||
| 9 | described of any material or article of merchandise. | ||||||
| 10 | "Performing services" Construction shall also include the | ||||||
| 11 | movement by truck of property, goods, materials, or equipment, | ||||||
| 12 | including, but not limited to, moving construction related | ||||||
| 13 | materials on the job site to or from the job site.
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| 14 | "Truck" means any motor vehicle designed, used, or | ||||||
| 15 | maintained primarily for the transportation of property, | ||||||
| 16 | goods, materials, or equipment in furtherance of a commercial | ||||||
| 17 | or industrial enterprise. | ||||||
| 18 | (Source: P.A. 98-106, eff. 1-1-14.)
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