Sen. William E. Brady
Filed: 5/24/2016
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3554
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3554 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by adding Section 11.5 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (820 ILCS 115/11.5 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11.5. Departmental wage recovery; remittance to | ||||||
| 8 | aggrieved employee. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Upon the recovery of unpaid wages, wage supplements, or | ||||||
| 10 | final compensation from an employer that has violated this Act, | ||||||
| 11 | the Department shall conduct a good faith search to find the | ||||||
| 12 | aggrieved employee. If, after conducting a good faith search | ||||||
| 13 | for the aggrieved employee, the Department is unable to find | ||||||
| 14 | the aggrieved employee, the Department shall deposit the amount | ||||||
| 15 | recovered into the Department of Labor Special State Trust | ||||||
| 16 | Fund. | ||||||
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| 1 | (b) An aggrieved employee may make a request to the | ||||||
| 2 | Department in order to recover unpaid wages, wage supplements, | ||||||
| 3 | or final compensation that has been deposited into the | ||||||
| 4 | Department of Labor Special State Trust Fund. The Department | ||||||
| 5 | shall not require the employee to present a Social Security | ||||||
| 6 | number or proof of United States citizenship. For the purpose | ||||||
| 7 | of paying claims under this Section from the Department of | ||||||
| 8 | Labor Special State Trust Fund to aggrieved employees, the | ||||||
| 9 | Comptroller shall assign a vendor payment number to the | ||||||
| 10 | Department. When an aggrieved employee makes a valid request | ||||||
| 11 | for payment to the Department, the Department shall use the | ||||||
| 12 | vendor payment number to process payment on behalf of the | ||||||
| 13 | aggrieved employee. | ||||||
| 14 | (c) The Department shall adopt rules for the administration | ||||||
| 15 | of this Section.".
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