Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 5/24/2016
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3163 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3163 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


  
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Illinois Freedom to Work Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Covenant not to compete" means an agreement:
8        (1) between an employer and a low-wage employee that 
9    restricts such low-wage employee from performing:
10            (A) any work for another employer for a specified 
11        period of time;
12            (B) any work in a specified geographical area; or
13            (C) work for another employer that is similar to 
14        such low-wage employee's work for the employer 
15        included as a party to the agreement; and

16        (2) that is entered into after the effective date of 
 
 
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1    this Act.
2    "Employer" has the meaning given to such term in subsection 
3(c) of Section 3 of the Minimum Wage Law. "Employer" does not 
4include governmental or quasi-governmental bodies.
5    "Low-wage employee" means an employee who earns the greater 
6of (1) the hourly rate equal to the minimum wage required by 
7the applicable federal, State, or local minimum wage law or (2) 
8$13.00 per hour.
 
9    Section 10. Prohibiting covenants not to compete for 
10low-wage employees.
11    (a) No employer shall enter into a covenant not to compete 
12with any low-wage employee of the employer.
13    (b) A covenant not to compete entered into between an 
14employer and a low-wage employee is illegal and void.".