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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, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Minimum Wage Law is amended by changing
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| 5 | Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | (820 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1004)
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| 7 | Sec. 4. (a) Every employer shall pay to each of his | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | employees in every
occupation wages of not less than $2.30 per | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | hour or in the case of
employees under 18 years of age wages of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | not less than $1.95 per hour,
except as provided in Sections 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | and 6 of this Act, and on and after
January 1, 1984, every | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | employer shall pay to each of his employees in every
occupation | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | wages of not less than $2.65 per hour or in the case of
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| 14 | employees under 18 years of age wages of not less than $2.25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | per hour, and
on and after October 1, 1984 every employer shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | pay to each of his
employees in every occupation wages of not | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | less than $3.00 per hour or in
the case of employees under 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | years of age wages of not less than $2.55
per hour, and on or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | after July 1, 1985 every employer shall pay to each of
his | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | employees in every occupation wages of not less than $3.35 per | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | hour or
in the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | not less than $2.85
per hour,
and from January 1, 2004 through | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | December 31, 2004 every employer shall pay
to
each of his or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
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| 25 | occupation wages of not less than $5.50 per hour, and on and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | after January 1,
2005 every employer shall pay to each of his | |||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | or her employees who is 18 years
of age or older in every | |||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | occupation wages of not less than $6.50 per hour.
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| 29 | At no time
shall the wages paid to any employee under 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | years of age be more than 50ยข
less than the wage required to be | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | paid to employees who are at least 18 years
of age.
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| 32 | (b) No employer shall discriminate between employees on the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | basis of sex
or mental or physical handicap, except as | ||||||
| 2 | otherwise provided in this Act by
paying wages to employees at | ||||||
| 3 | a rate less than the rate at which he pays
wages to employees | ||||||
| 4 | for the same or substantially
similar work on jobs the | ||||||
| 5 | performance of which requires equal skill, effort,
and | ||||||
| 6 | responsibility, and which are performed under similar working
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| 7 | conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to (1) a | ||||||
| 8 | seniority
system; (2) a merit system; (3) a system which | ||||||
| 9 | measures earnings by
quantity or quality of production; or (4) | ||||||
| 10 | a differential based on any other
factor other than sex or | ||||||
| 11 | mental or physical handicap, except as otherwise
provided in | ||||||
| 12 | this Act.
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| 13 | (c) An
Every employer of an employee engaged in an
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| 14 | occupation in which gratuities have customarily and usually | ||||||
| 15 | constituted and
have been recognized as part of the | ||||||
| 16 | remuneration for hire purposes is not
entitled to an allowance | ||||||
| 17 | for gratuities as part of the hourly wage rate
provided in | ||||||
| 18 | Section 4, subsection (a) in an amount not to exceed 40% of the
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| 19 | applicable minimum wage rate. The Director shall require each | ||||||
| 20 | employer
desiring an allowance for gratuities to provide | ||||||
| 21 | substantial evidence that
the amount claimed, which may not | ||||||
| 22 | exceed 40% of the applicable minimum wage
rate, was received by | ||||||
| 23 | the employee in the period for which the claim of
exemption is | ||||||
| 24 | made, and no part thereof was returned to the employer.
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| 25 | (d) No camp counselor who resides on the premises of a | ||||||
| 26 | seasonal camp of
an organized not-for-profit corporation shall | ||||||
| 27 | be subject to the adult minimum
wage if the camp counselor (1) | ||||||
| 28 | works 40 or more hours per week, and (2)
receives a total | ||||||
| 29 | weekly salary of not less than the adult minimum
wage for a | ||||||
| 30 | 40-hour week. If the counselor works less than 40 hours per
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| 31 | week, the counselor shall be paid the minimum hourly wage for | ||||||
| 32 | each hour
worked. Every employer of a camp counselor under this | ||||||
| 33 | subsection is entitled
to an allowance for meals and lodging as | ||||||
| 34 | part of the hourly wage rate provided
in Section 4, subsection | ||||||
| 35 | (a), in an amount not to exceed 25% of the
minimum wage rate.
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| 36 | (e) A camp counselor employed at a day camp of an organized
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| 1 | not-for-profit corporation is not subject to the adult minimum | ||||||
| 2 | wage if the
camp counselor is paid a stipend on a onetime or | ||||||
| 3 | periodic basis and, if
the camp counselor is a minor, the | ||||||
| 4 | minor's parent, guardian or other
custodian has consented in | ||||||
| 5 | writing to the terms of payment before the
commencement of such | ||||||
| 6 | employment.
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| 7 | (Source: P.A. 93-581, eff. 1-1-04.)
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