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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1065
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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820 ILCS 130/11a |
from Ch. 48, par. 39s-11a |
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Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that if the violation of the Act involves a worker who is not a legal resident alien or a United States citizen, then a single violation within 5 years shall place the contractor on the Department of Labor's list of
contractors or subcontractors found to have disregarded their obligations
to employees under the Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1065 |
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LRB095 04747 RLC 24806 b |
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| AN ACT concerning employment.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing |
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| Section 11a as follows:
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| (820 ILCS 130/11a) (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-11a)
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| Sec. 11a. The Director of the Department of Labor shall |
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| publish in the
Illinois Register no less often than once each |
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| calendar quarter a list of
contractors or subcontractors found |
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| to have disregarded their obligations
to employees under this |
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| Act. The Department of Labor shall determine the
contractors or |
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| subcontractors who, on 2 separate occasions within 5 years, |
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| have been
determined to have violated the provisions of this |
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| Act. If the violation of this Act involves a worker who is not |
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| a legal resident alien or a United States citizen, then a |
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| single violation within 5 years shall place the contractor on |
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| the list. Upon such
determination the Department shall notify |
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| the violating
contractor or subcontractor. Such contractor or |
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| subcontractor shall then
have 10 working days to request a |
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| hearing by the Department on the alleged
violations. Failure to |
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| respond within the 10 working day period shall
result in |
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| automatic and immediate placement and publication on the list.
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| If the contractor or subcontractor requests a hearing within |