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90_HB2269

      820 ILCS 115/4.5 new
          Amends the Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that
      an employer to whom this Act applies must pay  an  employee's
      net  pay  to  the  employee  in  the form of a check or other
      negotiable instrument made payable  to  the  employee  or  by
      direct  deposit  into  an  employee's  account in a financial
      institution. Provides that no employer may pay an  employee's
      net  pay  to  the  employee in the form of currency. Provides
      that violation is a Class A misdemeanor.  Exempts payments to
      workers who receive pay each day they work and payments to an
      employee whose weekly net pay is less than $100.
                                                     LRB9004289WHgc
                                               LRB9004289WHgc
 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Wage Payment and  Collection
 2    Act by adding Section 4.5.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection  Act
 6    is amended by adding Section 4.5 as follows:
 7        (820 ILCS 115/4.5 new)
 8        Sec. 4.5.  Payment of wages in currency prohibited.
 9        (a)  An  employer  to  whom  this Act applies must pay an
10    employee's net pay to the employee in the form of a check  or
11    other  negotiable  instrument made payable to the employee or
12    by direct deposit into an employee's account in  a  financial
13    institution. No employer may pay an employee's net pay to the
14    employee in the form of currency.
15        (b)  Violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
16        (c)  Nothing in this Section applies to the following:
17             (1)  Payments  to  workers  who receive pay each day
18        they work.
19             (2)  Payments to an employee whose weekly net pay is
20        less than $100.

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