820 ILCS 175/1 Short Title
(820 ILCS 175/1) Sec. 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. (Source: P.A. 91-579, eff. 1-1-00; 92-783, eff. 1-1-03.)
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(820 ILCS 175/2) Sec. 2. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds as follows: Since the passage of this Act, the number of workers who work as day or temporary laborers in Illinois has risen from approximately 300,000 to more than 650,000 according to data collected by the Department of Labor. Since the passage of this Act, the number of day labor and temporary labor service agencies registered in Illinois has risen from approximately 150 with 600 branch offices to over 300 with over 800 branch offices. In addition, there still exists a significant, though unknown, number of unregistered day labor and temporary labor service agencies that operate outside the radar of law enforcement. Recent studies and a survey of low-wage day or temporary laborers themselves have consistently found that as a group, they are particularly vulnerable to abuse of their labor rights, including unpaid wages, failure to pay for all hours worked, minimum wage and overtime violations, and unlawful deductions from pay for meals, transportation, equipment, and other items. Current law is inadequate to protect the labor and employment rights of these workers. At the same time, in Illinois and in other states, democratically run nonprofit day labor centers, which charge no fee for their services, have been established to provide an alternative for day or temporary laborers to solicit work on street corners. These centers are not subject to this Act. (Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23.)
820 ILCS 175/5 Definitions
(820 ILCS 175/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Applicant" means a natural person who seeks a work assignment at a day and temporary labor service agency. "Day or temporary laborer" means a natural person who contracts for employment with a day and temporary labor service agency. "Day and temporary labor" means work performed by a day or temporary laborer at a third party client, the duration of which may be specific or undefined, pursuant to a contract or understanding between the day and temporary labor service agency and the third party client. "Day and temporary labor" does not include labor or employment of a professional or clerical nature. "Day and temporary labor service agency" means any person or entity engaged in the business of employing day or temporary laborers to provide services, for a fee, to or for any third party client pursuant to a contract with the day and temporary labor service agency and the third party client. "Department" means the Department of Labor. "Interested party" means an organization that monitors or is attentive to compliance with public or worker safety laws, wage and hour requirements, or other statutory requirements. "Labor dispute" means any controversy concerning wages, hours, terms, or conditions of employment. "Third party client" means any person that contracts with a day and temporary labor service agency for obtaining day or temporary laborers. "Person" means every natural person, firm, partnership, co-partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, business trust, or other legal entity, or its legal representatives, agents, or assigns. (Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23; 103-1030, eff. 8-9-24.)
820 ILCS 175/10
(820 ILCS 175/10) Sec. 10. Employment notice and application receipt. (a) Employment notice. Whenever a day and temporary labor service agency agrees to send one or more persons to work as day or temporary laborers, the day and temporary labor service agency shall provide to each day or temporary laborer, at the time of dispatch, a statement containing the following items on a form approved by the Department: (1) the name of the day or temporary laborer; (2) the name and nature of the work to be performed, including a list of basic job duties, and the types of equipment, protective clothing, and training that are required for the task; (3) the wages offered; (4) the name and address, including county, of the destination of each day or temporary laborer; (5) terms of transportation; (6) whether a meal or equipment, or both, are provided, either by the day and temporary labor service agency or the third party client, and the cost of the meal and equipment, if any; and (7) for a day or temporary laborer entitled to the pay requirements described in Section 42, either: (A) the seniority and hourly wage of the comparator being used to determine the wage if the wage is determined under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 42; or (B) the standard occupational classification used if the wage is determined under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 42. If a day or temporary laborer is assigned to the same assignment for more than one day, the day and temporary labor service agency is required to provide the employment notice only on the first day of the assignment and on any day that any of the terms listed on the employment notice are changed. (b) (Blank). (b-5) Application receipt. If an applicant seeks a work assignment as a day or temporary laborer with a day and temporary labor service agency, including in-person, online, or through an app-based system, and is not placed with a third party client or otherwise contracted to work for that day by the day and temporary labor service agency, the day and temporary labor service agency shall provide the applicant with a confirmation that the applicant sought work, signed by an employee of the day and temporary labor service agency, on a form approved by the Department, that shall include: (1) the name and location of the day and temporary labor service agency and branch office; (2) the name and address of the applicant; (3) the date and the time that the applicant sought the work assignment; (4) the manner in which the applicant sought the work assignment; and (5) the specific work sites or type of jobs sought by the applicant, if applicable. (c) The Department shall recommend to day and temporary labor service agencies that those agencies employ personnel who can effectively communicate information required in subsections (a) and (b-5) to day or temporary laborers in Spanish, Polish, or any other language that is generally understood in the locale of the day and temporary labor service agency. (Source: P.A. 103-1030, eff. 8-9-24.)
820 ILCS 175/11
(820 ILCS 175/11) Sec. 11. Right to refuse assignment to a labor dispute. (a) No day and temporary labor service agency may send a day or temporary laborer to a place where a strike, lockout, or work stoppage exists because of a labor dispute or where a picket, bannering, or handbilling exists because of a labor dispute without providing, at or before the time of dispatch, a statement, in writing and in a language that the day and temporary laborer understands, informing the day or temporary laborer of the labor dispute and the day or temporary laborer's right to refuse the assignment without prejudice to receiving another assignment. (b) The failure by a day and temporary labor service agency to provide any of the information required by this Section shall constitute a notice violation under Section 95. The failure of a day and temporary labor service agency to provide each piece of information required by this Section at each time it is required by this Section shall constitute a separate and distinct notice violation. If a day and temporary labor service agency claims that it has provided a notice as required under this Section electronically, the day and temporary labor service agency shall bear the burden of showing that the notice was provided if there is a dispute. (Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23; 103-1030, eff. 8-9-24.)
820 ILCS 175/12 Recordkeeping
(820 ILCS 175/12) Sec. 12. Recordkeeping. (a) Whenever a day and temporary labor service agency sends one or more persons to work as day or temporary laborers, the day and temporary labor service agency shall keep the following records relating to that transaction: (1) the name, address and telephone number of each third party client, including each worksite, to which day or temporary laborers were sent by the agency and the date of the transaction; (2) for each day or temporary laborer: the name and address, the specific location sent to work, the type of work performed, the number of hours worked, the hourly rate of pay and the date sent. The term "hours worked" has the meaning ascribed to that term in 56 Ill. Adm. Code 210.110 and in accordance with all applicable rules or court interpretations under 56 Ill. Adm. Code 210.110. The third party client shall be required to remit all information required under this subsection to the day and temporary labor service agency no later than 7 days following the last day of the work week worked by the day or temporary laborer. Failure of a third party client to remit such information to a day and temporary labor service agency shall not be a defense to the recordkeeping requirement of this Section; (3) the name and title of the individual or individuals at each third party client's place of business responsible for the transaction; (4) any specific qualifications or attributes of a day or temporary laborer, requested by each third party client; (5) copies of all contracts, if any, with the third party client and copies of all invoices for the third party client; (6) copies of all employment notices provided in accordance with subsection (a) of Section 10; (7) deductions to be made from each day or temporary laborer's compensation made by either the third party client or by the day and temporary labor service agency for the day or temporary laborer's transportation, food, equipment, withheld income tax, withheld social security payments and every other deduction; (8) verification of the actual cost of any equipment or meal charged to a day or temporary laborer; (9) the race and gender of each day or temporary laborer sent by the day and temporary labor service agency, as provided by the day or temporary laborer; and (10) any additional information required by rules issued by the Department. (b) The day and temporary labor service agency shall maintain all records under this Section for a period of 3 years from their creation. The records shall be open to inspection by the Department during normal business hours. Records described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (6), (7), and (8) of subsection (a) shall be available for review or copying by that day or temporary laborer during normal business hours within 5 days following a written request. In addition, a day and temporary labor service agency shall make records related to the number of hours billed to a third party client for that individual day or temporary laborer's hours of work available for review or copying during normal business hours within 5 days following a written request. The day and temporary labor service agency shall make forms, in duplicate, for such requests available to day or temporary laborers at the dispatch office. The day or temporary laborer shall be given a copy of the request form. It is a violation of this Section to make any false, inaccurate or incomplete entry into any record required by this Section, or to delete required information from any such record. Failure by the third party client to remit time records to the day and temporary labor service agency as provided in paragraph (a)(2) shall constitute a notice violation by a third party client under Section 95 of this Act unless the third party client has been precluded from submitting such time records for reasons beyond its control. A failure by the third party client to provide time records in accordance with this subsection (b) shall not be a notice violation and shall not be the basis for a suit or other action under Section 95 of this Act against the day and temporary labor service agency. (Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06; 95-499, eff. 8-28-07.)
820 ILCS 175/15 Meals
(820 ILCS 175/15) Sec. 15. Meals. A day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client shall not charge a day or temporary laborer for any meal not consumed by the day and temporary laborer and, if consumed, no more than the actual cost of a meal. In no case shall the purchase of a meal be a condition of employment for a day or temporary laborer. (Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06.)
820 ILCS 175/20 Transportation
(820 ILCS 175/20) Sec. 20. Transportation. (a) A day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client or a contractor or agent of either shall charge no fee to transport a day or temporary laborer to or from the designated work site. (b) A day and temporary labor service agency is responsible for the conduct and performance of any person who transports a day or temporary laborer from the agency to a work site, unless the transporter is: (1) a public mass transportation system as defined in Section 2 of the Local Mass Transit District Act; (2) a common carrier; (3) the day or temporary laborer providing his or her own transportation; or (4) selected exclusively by and at the sole choice of the day or temporary laborer for transportation in a vehicle not owned or operated by the day and temporary labor service agency. If any day and temporary labor service agency provides transportation to a day or temporary laborer or refers a day or temporary laborer as provided in subsection (c), the day and temporary labor service agency may not allow a motor vehicle to be used for the transporting of day or temporary laborers if the agency knows or should know that the motor vehicle used for the transportation of day or temporary laborers is unsafe or not equipped as required by this Act or by any rule adopted under this Act, unless the vehicle is: (1) the property of a public mass transportation system as defined in Section 2 of the Local Mass Transit District Act; (2) the property of a common carrier; (3) the day or temporary laborer's personal vehicle; or (4) a vehicle of a day or temporary laborer used to carpool other day or temporary laborers and which is selected exclusively by and at the sole choice of the day or temporary laborer for transportation. (c) A day and temporary labor service agency may not refer a day or temporary laborer to any person for transportation to a work site unless that person is (1) a public mass transportation system as defined in Section 2 of the Local Mass Transit District Act or (2) providing the transportation at no fee. Directing the day or temporary laborer to accept a specific car pool as a condition of work shall be considered a referral by the day and temporary labor service agency. Any mention or discussion of the cost of a car pool shall be considered a referral by the agency. Informing a day or temporary laborer of the availability of a car pool driven by another day or temporary laborer shall not be considered a referral by the agency. (d) Any motor vehicle that is owned or operated by the day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client, or a contractor or agent of either, or to which a day and temporary labor service agency refers a day or temporary laborer, which is used for the transportation of day or temporary laborers shall have proof of financial responsibility as provided for in Chapter 8 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or as required by Department rules. The driver of the vehicle shall hold a valid license to operate motor vehicles in the correct classification and shall be required to produce the license immediately upon demand by the Department, its inspectors or deputies, or any other person authorized to enforce this Act. The Department shall forward a violation of this subsection to the appropriate law enforcement authorities or regulatory agencies, whichever is applicable. (e) No motor vehicle that is owned or operated by the day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client, or a contractor or agent of either, or to which a day and temporary labor service agency refers a day or temporary laborer, which is used for the transportation of day or temporary laborers may be operated if it does not have a seat and a safety belt for each passenger. The Department shall forward a violation of this subsection to the appropriate law enforcement authorities or regulatory agencies, whichever is applicable. (f) If the day or temporary laborer is provided transportation from the point of application to the worksite by the hiring labor service agency operating pursuant to this Act, the day or temporary laborer shall also be provided transportation back to the point of application, unless the day or temporary laborer advises or agrees prior to leaving for the place of employment to obtain alternative transportation after the work shift is completed. (Source: P.A. 100-517, eff. 6-1-18.)
820 ILCS 175/25
(820 ILCS 175/25) Sec. 25. Day or temporary laborer equipment. For any safety equipment, clothing, accessories, or any other items required by the nature of the work, either by law, custom, or as a requirement of the third party client, the day and temporary labor service agency or the third party client may charge the day or temporary laborer the market value of the item temporarily provided to the day or temporary laborer by the third party client if the day or temporary laborer fails to return such items to the third party client or the day and temporary labor service agency. For any other equipment, clothing, accessories, or any other items the day and temporary labor service agency makes available for purchase, the day or temporary laborer shall not be charged more than the actual market value for the item. (Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06.)
820 ILCS 175/30
(820 ILCS 175/30) Sec. 30. Wage payment and notice. (a) At the time of payment of wages, a day and temporary labor service agency shall provide each day or temporary laborer with a detailed itemized statement, on the day or temporary laborer's paycheck stub or on a form approved by the Department, listing the following: (1) the name, address, and telephone number of each third party client at which the day or temporary laborer worked. If this information is provided on the day or temporary laborer's paycheck stub, a code for each third party client may be used so long as the required information for each coded third party client is made available to the day or temporary laborer; (2) the number of hours worked by the day or temporary laborer at each third party client each day during the pay period. If the day or temporary laborer is assigned to work at the same work site of the same third party client for multiple days in the same work week, the day and temporary labor service agency may record a summary of hours worked at that third party client's worksite so long as the first and last day of that work week are identified as well. The term "hours worked" has the meaning ascribed to that term in 56 Ill. Adm. Code 210.110 and in accordance with all applicable rules or court interpretations under 56 Ill. Adm. Code 210.110; (3) the rate of payment for each hour worked, including any premium rate or bonus; (4) the total pay period earnings; (5) all deductions made from the day or temporary laborer's compensation made either by the third party client or by the day and temporary labor service agency, and the purpose for which deductions were made, including for the day or temporary laborer's transportation, food, equipment, withheld income tax, withheld social security payments, and every other deduction; and (6) any additional information required by rules issued by the Department. (a-1) For each day or temporary laborer who is contracted to work a single day, the third party client shall, at the end of the work day, provide such day or temporary laborer with a Work Verification Form, approved by the Department, which shall contain the date, the day or temporary laborer's name, the work location, and the hours worked on that day. Any third party client who violates this subsection (a-1) may be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $100 and not more than $1,500 for each violation found by the Department. Such civil penalty shall increase to not less than $500 and not more than $7,500 for a second or subsequent violation. For purposes of this subsection (a-1), each violation of this subsection (a-1) for each day or temporary laborer and for each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. (b) A day and temporary labor service agency shall provide each worker an annual earnings summary within a reasonable time after the preceding calendar year, but in no case later than February 1. A day and temporary labor service agency shall, at the time of each wage payment, give notice to day or temporary laborers of the availability of the annual earnings summary or post such a notice in a conspicuous place in the public reception area. (c) At the request of a day or temporary laborer, a day and temporary labor service agency shall hold the daily wages of the day or temporary laborer and make either weekly, bi-weekly, or semi-monthly payments. The wages shall be paid in a single check, or, at the day or temporary laborer's sole option, by direct deposit or other manner approved by the Department, representing the wages earned during the period, either weekly, bi-weekly, or semi-monthly, designated by the day or temporary laborer in accordance with the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Vouchers or any other method of payment which is not generally negotiable shall be prohibited as a method of payment of wages. Day and temporary labor service agencies that make daily wage payments shall provide written notification to all day or temporary laborers of the right to request weekly, bi-weekly, or semi-monthly checks. The day and temporary labor service agency may provide this notice by conspicuously posting the notice at the location where the wages are received by the day or temporary laborers. (d) No day and temporary labor service agency shall charge any day or temporary laborer for cashing a check issued by the agency for wages earned by a day or temporary laborer who performed work through that agency. No day and temporary labor service agency or third party client shall charge any day or temporary laborer for the expense of conducting any consumer report, as that term is defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681a(d), any criminal background check of any kind, or any drug test of any kind. (e) Day or temporary laborers shall be paid no less than the wage rate stated in the notice as provided in Section 10 of this Act for all the work performed on behalf of the third party client in addition to the work listed in the written description. (f) The total amount deducted for meals, equipment, and transportation may not cause a day or temporary laborer's hourly wage to fall below the State or federal minimum wage. However, a day and temporary labor service agency may deduct the actual market value of reusable equipment provided to the day or temporary laborer by the day and temporary labor service agency which the day or temporary laborer fails to return, if the day or temporary laborer provides a written authorization for such deduction at the time the deduction is made. (g) A day or temporary laborer who is contracted by a day and temporary labor service agency to work at a third party client's worksite but is not utilized by the third party client shall be paid by the day and temporary labor service agency for a minimum of 4 hours of pay at the agreed upon rate of pay. However, in the event the day and temporary labor service agency contracts the day or temporary laborer to work at another location during the same shift, the day or temporary laborer shall be paid by the day and temporary labor service agency for a minimum of 2 hours of pay at the agreed upon rate of pay. (h) A third party client is required to pay wages and related payroll taxes to a licensed day and temporary labor service agency for services performed by the day or temporary laborer for the third party client according to payment terms outlined on invoices, service agreements, or stated terms provided by the day and temporary labor service agency. A third party client who fails to comply with this subsection (h) is subject to the penalties provided in Section 70 of this Act. The Department shall review a complaint filed by a licensed day and temporary labor agency. The Department shall review the payroll and accounting records of the day and temporary labor service agency and the third party client for the period in which the violation of this Act is alleged to have occurred to determine if wages and payroll taxes have been paid to the agency and that the day or temporary laborer has been paid the wages owed him or her. (Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23.)
820 ILCS 175/33
(820 ILCS 175/33) Sec. 33. Permanent placement. A day and temporary labor service shall attempt to place a current temporary laborer into a permanent position with a client when the client informs the agency of its plan to hire a permanent employee for a position like the positions for which employees are being provided by the agency at the same work location. (Source: P.A. 100-517, eff. 6-1-18.)
820 ILCS 175/35 Public Access Area
(820 ILCS 175/35) Sec. 35. Public Access Area. Each day and temporary labor service agency shall provide adequate seating in the public access area of the offices of the agency. The public access area shall be the location for the notices required by Section 45 of this Act and any other State or federally mandated posting. The public access area shall allow for access to restrooms and water. (Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06.)
820 ILCS 175/40 Work Restriction
(820 ILCS 175/40) Sec. 40. Work Restriction. No day and temporary labor service agency shall restrict the right of a day or temporary laborer to accept a permanent position with a third party client to whom the day or temporary laborer has been referred for work or restrict the right of such third party client to offer such employment to a day or temporary laborer. A day and temporary labor service agency may charge a placement fee to a third party client for employing a day or temporary laborer for whom a contract for work was effected by the day and temporary labor service agency not to exceed the equivalent of the total daily commission rate the day and temporary labor service agency would have received over a 60-day period, reduced by the equivalent of the daily commission rate the day and temporary labor service agency would have received for each day the day or temporary laborer has performed work for the day and temporary labor service agency in the preceding 12 months. Days worked at a day and temporary labor service agency in the 12 months preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be included for purposes of calculating the maximum placement fee described in this Section. However, placement of a day or temporary laborer who is contracted by a day and temporary labor service agency to provide skilled labor shall not be subject to any placement fee cap. For purposes of this Section, a day or temporary laborer who performs "skilled labor" shall apply only where the day and temporary labor service agency performs an advanced application process, a screening process, which may include processes such as advanced testing, and a job interview. No fee provided for under this Section may be assessed or collected by the day and temporary labor service agency when the day or temporary laborer is offered permanent work following the suspension or revocation of the day and temporary labor service agency's registration by the Department. (Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06.)
820 ILCS 175/42
(820 ILCS 175/42) Sec. 42. Equal pay for equal work. (a) A day and temporary labor service agency shall pay a day or temporary laborer who is assigned to work and performs work at the same third party client for more than 720 hours within a 12-month period, beginning on or after April 1, 2024, in accordance with one of the following methods: (1) Third party client employee compensation as a basis for compensation. The day or temporary laborer shall be paid as follows: (A) if there is a directly hired comparator employee of the third party client with the same or substantially similar level of seniority at the company and performing the same or substantially similar work on jobs the performance of which requires substantially similar skill, effort, and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions, not less than the straight-time hourly rate of pay or hourly equivalent of the lowest paid directly hired comparator employee of the third party client who is entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, with the same or substantially similar level of seniority at the company and performing the same or substantially similar work on jobs the performance of which requires substantially similar skill, effort, and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions; or (B) if there is not a directly hired comparator employee of the third party client, not less than the straight-time hourly rate of pay or hourly equivalent of the lowest paid directly hired employee of the third party client who is entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, with the closest level of seniority at the third party client. (2) Bureau of Labor Statistics data as a basis for compensation. At the sole discretion of the third party client, the day or temporary laborer shall be paid as follows: (A) if a day or temporary laborer has been assigned to work and performs work at the same third party client for more than 720 hours within a 12-month period, not less than the median base hourly rate, or hourly equivalent if paid on a salary basis, of workers working in the same or a substantially similar job classification, as reflected in the detail level of the most recent Standard Occupational Classification System published by the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the same metropolitan area or non-metropolitan area of Illinois where the work is performed, as reflected in the most recent Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Survey, or any successor publication, published by the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics; or (B) if a day or temporary laborer has been assigned to work and performs work at the same third party client for more than 4,160 hours within a 48-month period, not less than the 75th percentile base hourly rate, or hourly equivalent if paid on a salary basis, of workers working in the same or substantially similar job classification, as reflected in the detail level of the most recent Standard Occupational Classification System published by the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the same metropolitan area or non-metropolitan area of Illinois where the work is performed, as reflected in the most recent Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Survey, or any successor publication, published by the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Department shall provide on its website a link to the publications specified in this paragraph and a link to the United States Department of Labor's guidance on determining standard occupational classifications. (b) A day and temporary labor agency shall provide a day or temporary laborer who is assigned to work and performs work at the same third party client for more than 720 hours within a 12-month period, beginning on or after April 1, 2024, substantially similar benefits to the job classification of employees performing the same or substantially similar work on jobs and performed under similar working conditions. A day and temporary labor service agency may pay the hourly average cash equivalent of the actual cost of the benefits the third party client provides the applicable directly hired employees in lieu of benefits required under this subsection. (c) Upon request, a third party client to which a day or temporary laborer has been assigned to work and performed work for more than 720 hours within a 12-month period or 4,160 hours within a 48-month period shall be obligated to timely provide the day and temporary labor service agency with all necessary information related to job duties, working conditions, pay, seniority, and benefits it provides to the applicable classification of directly hired employees necessary for the day and temporary labor service agency to comply with this Section. Upon receipt of the accurate and complete information described in this subsection from the third party client, it shall be the responsibility and duty of the day and temporary labor service agency to calculate and determine the straight-time hourly rate of pay and the benefits it shall offer to the day or temporary laborer, including any cash equivalent. The failure by a third party client to provide any of the information required under this Section shall constitute a notice violation by the third party client under Section 95. For purposes of this Section, the day and temporary labor service agency shall be considered a person aggrieved as described in Section 95. (d) For purposes of this Section, "seniority" means the number of calendar months a day or temporary laborer has been assigned to and worked at the third party client compared to the number of calendar months a directly hired comparator employee has been employed by the third party client. (Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23; 103-564, eff. 11-17-23; 103-1030, eff. 8-9-24.)
820 ILCS 175/43
(820 ILCS 175/43) Sec. 43. Exception to equal pay requirements. The requirements set forth in Section 42 shall not apply to any company where the direct hire employees of the third party client performing the same or substantially similar work as the day or temporary laborers assigned to work at the third party client are covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement in effect on April 1, 2024 for the period covered by that current collective bargaining agreement. Thereafter, the hourly cash payment specified in subsection (b) of Section 42 shall not be required if the direct hire employees of the third party client performing the same or substantially similar work as the day or temporary laborers assigned to work at the third party client are covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement for any period covered by that collective bargaining agreement. (Source: P.A. 103-1030, eff. 8-9-24.)
820 ILCS 175/45 Registration; Department of Labor
(820 ILCS 175/45) Sec. 45. Registration; Department of Labor. (a) A day and temporary labor service agency which is located, operates or transacts business within this State shall register with the Department of Labor in accordance with rules adopted by the Department for day and temporary labor service agencies and shall be subject to this Act and any rules adopted under this Act. Each day and temporary labor service agency shall provide proof of an employer account number issued by the Department of Employment Security for the payment of unemployment insurance contributions as required under the Unemployment Insurance Act, and proof of valid workers' compensation insurance in effect at the time of registration covering all of its employees. If, at any time, a day and temporary labor service agency's workers' compensation insurance coverage lapses, the agency shall have an affirmative duty to report the lapse of such coverage to the Department and the agency's registration shall be suspended until the agency's workers' compensation insurance is reinstated. The Department may assess each day and temporary labor service agency a non-refundable registration fee not exceeding $3,000 per year per agency and a non-refundable fee not to exceed $750 for each branch office or other location where the agency regularly contracts with day or temporary laborers for services. The fee may be paid by check, money order, or the State Treasurer's E-Pay program or any successor program, and the Department may not refuse to accept a check on the basis that it is not a certified check or a cashier's check. The Department may charge an additional fee to be paid by a day and temporary labor service agency if the agency, or any person on the agency's behalf, issues or delivers a check to the Department that is not honored by the financial institution upon which it is drawn. The Department shall also adopt rules for violation hearings and penalties for violations of this Act or the Department's rules in conjunction with the penalties set forth in this Act. (a-1) At the time of registration with the Department of Labor each year, the day and temporary labor service agency shall submit to the Department of Labor a report containing the information identified in paragraph (9) of subsection (a) of Section 12, broken down by branch office, in the aggregate for all day or temporary laborers assigned within Illinois and subject to this Act during the preceding year. This information shall be submitted on a form created by the Department of Labor. The Department of Labor shall aggregate the information submitted by all registering day and temporary labor service agencies by removing identifying data and shall have the information available to the public only on a municipal and county basis. As used in this paragraph, "identifying data" means any and all information that: (i) provides specific information on individual worker identity; (ii) identifies the service agency in any manner; and (iii) identifies clients utilizing the day and temporary labor service agency or any other information that can be traced back to any specific registering day and temporary labor service agency or its client. The information and reports submitted to the Department of Labor under this subsection by the registering day and temporary labor service agencies are exempt from inspection and copying under Section 7.5 of the Freedom of Information Act. (b) It is a violation of this Act to operate a day and temporary labor service agency without first registering with the Department in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section. The Department shall create and maintain at regular intervals on its website, accessible to the public: (1) a list of all registered day and temporary labor service agencies in the State whose registration is in good standing; (2) a list of day and temporary labor service agencies in the State whose registration has been suspended, including the reason for the suspension, the date the suspension was initiated, and the date, if known, the suspension is to be lifted; and (3) a list of day and temporary labor service agencies in the State whose registration has been revoked, including the reason for the revocation and the date the registration was revoked. The Department has the authority to assess a penalty against any day and temporary labor service agency that fails to register with the Department of Labor in accordance with this Act or any rules adopted under this Act of $500 for each violation. Each day during which a day and temporary labor service agency operates without registering with the Department shall be a separate and distinct violation of this Act. (c) A day and temporary labor service agency applying for registration with the Department is not eligible to register to operate a day and temporary labor service agency under this Act if the day and temporary labor service agency applying for registration with the Department or any of its officers, directors, partners, or managers or any owner of 25% or greater beneficial interest: (1) has been involved, as owner, officer, director, partner, or manager, of any day and temporary labor service agency whose registration has been revoked or has been suspended without being reinstated within the 5 years immediately preceding the filing of the application; or (2) is under the age of 18. (d) Every agency shall post and keep posted at each location, in a position easily accessible to all day or temporary laborers, notices as supplied and required by the Department containing a copy or summary of the provisions of the Act and a notice which informs the public of a toll-free telephone number for day or temporary laborers and the public to file wage dispute complaints and other alleged violations by day and temporary labor service agencies. Every day and temporary labor service agency employing day or temporary laborers who communicate with the day and temporary labor service agency by electronic communication shall also provide all required notices by email to its day or temporary laborers or on a website, regularly used by the employer to communicate work-related information, that all day or temporary laborers are able to regularly access, freely and without interference. Such notices shall be in English and any other language generally understood in the locale of the day and temporary labor service agency. (Source: P.A. 103-201, eff. 1-1-24; 103-437, eff. 8-4-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 103-1030, eff. 8-9-24.)
820 ILCS 175/47
(820 ILCS 175/47) Sec. 47. Location of a day and temporary labor service agency. (a) In a municipality with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a day or temporary labor service agency may not operate or transact business at a location within 1,000 feet of: (i) a school building or a building in which a Boys and Girls Club is located; or (ii) real property comprising a school or a Boys and Girls Club. (b) This Section does not apply to a day and temporary labor service agency that: (1) registered with the Department of Labor prior to January 1, 2008; and (2) received an occupancy permit for a location described in subsection (a) of this Section from the municipality prior to January 1, 2008. (c) As used in this Section, "school" means a public or private pre-school, elementary school, or secondary school. (d) A home rule unit may not regulate the location of a day and temporary labor service agency in a manner inconsistent with the regulation by the State of the location of a day and temporary labor service agency under this Section. This subsection (d) is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State. (Source: P.A. 96-451, eff. 1-1-10.)
820 ILCS 175/50 Violations
(820 ILCS 175/50) Sec. 50. Violations. The Department shall have the authority to deny, suspend, or revoke the registration of a day and temporary labor service agency if warranted by public health and safety concerns or violations of this Act. The Attorney General, pursuant to its authority under Section 6.3 of the Attorney General Act, may request that a circuit court suspend or revoke the registration of a day and temporary labor service agency when warranted by public health concern or violations of this Act. The Attorney General shall provide notice to the Director prior to requesting the suspension or revocation of the registration of a day and temporary labor service agency. (Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23.)
820 ILCS 175/55 Enforcement by the Department
(820 ILCS 175/55) Sec. 55. Enforcement by the Department. It shall be the duty of the Department to enforce the provisions of this Act when, in the Department's judgment, there is cause and sufficient resources for investigation. The Department shall have the power to conduct investigations in connection with the administration and enforcement of this Act and any investigator with the Department shall be authorized to visit and inspect, at all reasonable times, any places covered by this Act and shall be authorized to inspect, at all reasonable times, contracts for the employment of all day or temporary laborers entered into by a third party client if the Department has received a complaint indicating that the third party client may have contracted with a day and temporary labor service agency that is not registered under this Act. The Department shall conduct hearings in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act upon written complaint by an investigator of the Department or any interested person of a violation of the Act. After the hearing, if supported by the evidence, the Department may (i) issue and cause to be served on any party an order to cease and desist from further violation of the Act, (ii) take affirmative or other action as deemed reasonable to eliminate the effect of the violation, (iii) deny, suspend, or revoke any registration under this Act, and (iv) determine the amount of any civil penalty allowed by the Act. The Director of Labor or his or her representative may compel, by subpoena, the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, payrolls, records, papers, and other evidence in any investigation or hearing and may administer oaths to witnesses. Nothing in this Act applies to labor or employment of a clerical or professional nature. (Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23; 103-1030, eff. 8-9-24.)
820 ILCS 175/60 Review under Administrative Review Law
(820 ILCS 175/60) Sec. 60. Review under Administrative Review Law. Any party to a proceeding under this Act may apply for and obtain judicial review of an order of the Department entered under this Act in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and the Department in proceedings under the Act may obtain an order from the court for the enforcement of its order. (Source: P.A. 92-783, eff. 1-1-03.)
820 ILCS 175/65 Contempt
(820 ILCS 175/65) Sec. 65. Contempt. Whenever it appears that any day and temporary labor service agency has violated a valid order of the Department issued under this Act, the Director of Labor may commence an action and obtain from the court an order commanding the day and temporary labor service agency to obey the order of the Department or be adjudged guilty of contempt of court and punished accordingly. (Source: P.A. 92-783, eff. 1-1-03.)
820 ILCS 175/67
(820 ILCS 175/67) Sec. 67. Action for civil penalties brought by an interested party. (a) Upon a reasonable belief that a day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client covered by this Act is in violation of any part of this Act, an interested party may initiate a civil action in the county where the alleged offenses occurred or where any party to the action resides, asserting that a violation of the Act has occurred, pursuant to the following sequence of events: (1) The interested party submits to the Department of Labor a complaint describing the violation and naming the day or temporary labor service agency or third party client alleged to have violated this Act. (2) The Department sends notice of complaint to the named parties alleged to have violated this Act and the interested party. The named parties may either contest the alleged violation or cure the alleged violation. (3) The named parties contest or cure the alleged violation within 30 days after the receipt of the notice of complaint or, if the named party does not respond within 30 days, the Department issues a notice of right to sue to the interested party as described in paragraph (4). (4) The Department issues a notice of right to sue to the interested party, if one or more of the following has occurred: (i) the named party has cured the alleged violation to the satisfaction of the Director; (ii) the Director has determined that the allegation is unjustified or that the Department does not have jurisdiction over the matter or the parties; or (iii) the Director has determined that the allegation is justified or has not made a determination, and either has decided not to exercise jurisdiction over the matter or has concluded administrative enforcement of the matter. (b) If within 180 days after service of the notice of complaint to the parties, the Department has not (i) resolved the contest and cure period, (ii) with the mutual agreement of the parties, extended the time for the named party to cure the violation and resolve the complaint, or (iii) issued a right to sue letter, the interested party may initiate a civil action for penalties. The parties may extend the 180-day period by mutual agreement. The limitations period for the interested party to bring an action for the alleged violation of the Act shall be tolled for the 180-day period and for the period of any mutually agreed extensions. At the end of the 180-day period, or any mutually agreed extensions, the Department shall issue a right to sue letter to the interested party. (c) Any claim or action filed under this Section must be made within 3 years of the alleged conduct resulting in the complaint plus any period for which the limitations period has been tolled. (d) In an action brought pursuant to this Section, an interested party may recover against the covered entity any statutory penalties set forth in Section 70 and injunctive relief. An interested party who prevails in a civil action shall receive 10% of any statutory penalties assessed, plus any attorneys' fees and expenses in bringing the action. The remaining 90% of any statutory penalties assessed shall be deposited into the Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund and shall be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in Section 75 of the Child Labor Law of 2024. (Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23; 103-721, eff. 1-1-25.)
820 ILCS 175/70 Penalties
(820 ILCS 175/70) Sec. 70. Penalties. (a) A day and temporary labor service agency or third party client that violates any of the provisions of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $100 and not more than $18,000 for violations found in the first audit by the Department or determined by a court in a civil action brought by an interested party, or determined by a court in a civil action brought by the Attorney General pursuant to its authority under Section 6.3 of the Attorney General Act. Following a first audit or civil action, a day and temporary labor service agency or third party client shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $250 and not more than $7,500 for each repeat violation found by the Department or circuit court within 3 years. For purposes of this subsection, each violation of this Act for each day or temporary laborer and for each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. In determining the amount of a penalty, the Director or circuit court shall consider the appropriateness of the penalty to the day and temporary labor service agency or third party client charged, upon the determination of the gravity of the violations. For any violation determined by the Department or circuit court to be willful which is within 3 years of an earlier violation, the Department may revoke the registration of the violator, if the violator is a day and temporary labor service agency. The amount of the penalty, when finally determined, may be: (1) Recovered in a civil action brought by the Director of Labor in any circuit court. In this litigation, the Director of Labor shall be represented by the Attorney General. (2) Ordered by the court, in an action brought by any party, including the Attorney General pursuant to its authority under Section 6.3 of the Attorney General Act, for a violation under this Act, to be paid to the Director of Labor. (b) The Department shall adopt rules for violation hearings and penalties for violations of this Act or the Department's rules in conjunction with the penalties set forth in this Act. Any administrative determination by the Department as to the amount of each penalty shall be final unless reviewed as provided in Section 60 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23.)
820 ILCS 175/75
(820 ILCS 175/75) Sec. 75. Willful violations. (a) Whoever willfully violates any of the provisions of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act, or whoever obstructs the Department of Labor, its inspectors or deputies, or any other person authorized to inspect places of employment under this Act shall be liable for penalties up to double the statutory amount. (b) Whoever willfully violates any of the provisions of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act which results in an underpayment to a day or temporary laborer shall be liable to the Department for up to 20% of the day and temporary labor service agency's or the third party client's total underpayment and shall also be liable to the employee for punitive damages in the amount of 2% of the amount of any such underpayments for each month following the date of payment during which the underpayments remain unpaid. (c) The Director may promulgate rules for the collection of these penalties. The penalty shall be imposed in cases in which a day and temporary labor service agency's or a third party client's conduct is proven by a preponderance of the evidence to be willful. The penalty may be recovered in a civil action brought by the Director of Labor in any circuit court. In any such action, the Director of Labor shall be represented by the Attorney General. (Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06.)
820 ILCS 175/80 Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund
(820 ILCS 175/80) Sec. 80. Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund. All moneys received as fees and civil penalties under this Act shall be deposited into the Child Labor and Day and Temporary Labor Services Enforcement Fund and may be used for the purposes set forth in Section 17.3 of the Child Labor Law. (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
820 ILCS 175/85
(820 ILCS 175/85) Sec. 85. Third party clients. (a) It is a violation of this Act for a third party client to enter into a contract for the employment of day or temporary laborers with any day and temporary labor service agency not registered under Section 45 of this Act. A third party client has a duty to verify a day and temporary labor service agency's status with the Department before entering into a contract with such an agency, and on March 1 and September 1 of each year. A day and temporary labor service agency shall be required to provide each of its third party clients with proof of valid registration issued by the Department at the time of entering into a contract. A day and temporary labor service agency shall be required to notify, both by telephone and in writing, each day or temporary laborer it employs and each third party client with whom it has a contract within 24 hours of any denial, suspension, or revocation of its registration by the Department. All contracts between any day and temporary labor service agency and any third party client shall be considered null and void from the date any such denial, suspension, or revocation of registration becomes effective and until such time as the day and temporary labor service agency becomes registered and considered in good standing by the Department as provided in Section 50 and Section 55. Upon request, the Department shall provide to a third party client a list of entities registered as day and temporary labor service agencies. The Department shall provide on the Internet a list of entities registered as day and temporary labor service agencies. A third party client may rely on information provided by the Department or maintained on the Department's website pursuant to Section 45 of this Act and shall be held harmless if such information maintained or provided by the Department was inaccurate. Any third party client that violates this provision of the Act is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $100 and not to exceed $1,500. Each day during which a third party client contracts with a day and temporary labor service agency not registered under Section 45 of this Act shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. (b) If a third party client leases or contracts with a day and temporary service agency for the services of a day or temporary laborer, the third party client shall share all legal responsibility and liability for the payment of wages under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act and the Minimum Wage Law. (c) Before the assignment of an employee to a worksite employer, a day and temporary labor service agency must: (1) inquire about the client company's safety and health practices and hazards at the actual workplace where the day or temporary laborer will be working to assess the safety conditions, workers tasks, and the client company's safety program; these activities are required at the start of any contract to place day or temporary laborers and may include visiting the client company's actual worksite. If, during the inquiry or anytime during the period of the contract, the day and temporary labor service agency becomes aware of existing job hazards that are not mitigated by the client company, the day and temporary labor service agency must make the client company aware, urge the client company to correct it, and document these efforts, otherwise the day and temporary labor service agency must remove the day or temporary laborers from the client company's worksite; (2) provide training to the day or temporary laborer for general awareness safety training for recognized industry hazards the day or temporary laborer may encounter at the client company's worksite. Industry hazard training must be completed, in the preferred language of the day or temporary laborer, and must be provided at no expense to the day or temporary laborer. The training date and training content must be maintained by the day and temporary staffing agency and provided to the day or temporary laborer; (3) transmit a general description of the training program including topics covered to the client company, whether electronically or on paper, at the start of the contract with the client company; (4) provide the Department's hotline number for the employee to call to report safety hazards and concerns as part of the employment materials provided to the day or temporary laborer; and (5) inform the day or temporary laborer who the day or temporary laborer should report safety concerns to at the workplace. Nothing in this Section shall diminish any existing client company or a day and temporary labor service agency's responsibility as an employer to provide a place of employment free from recognized hazards or to otherwise comply with other health and safety or employment laws. The client company and the day and temporary labor service agency are responsible for compliance with this Section and the rules adopted under this Section. (d) Before the day or temporary laborer engages in work for a client company, the client company must: (1) document and inform the day and temporary labor service agency about anticipated job hazards likely encountered by the day or temporary laborer; (2) review the safety and health awareness training provided by the day and temporary labor service agency to determine if it addresses recognized hazards for the client company's industry; (3) provide specific training tailored to the particular hazards at the client company's worksite consistent with training requirements provided for in standards, guidances, or best practices issued by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and (4) document and maintain records of site-specific training and provide confirmation that the training occurred to the day and temporary labor service agency within 3 business days of providing the training. (e) If the client company changes the job tasks or work location and new hazards may be encountered, the client company must: (1) inform both the day and temporary labor service agency and the day or temporary laborer; and (2) inform both the day and temporary labor service agency staffing agency and the day or temporary laborer of job hazards not previously covered before the day or temporary laborer undertakes the new tasks and update personal protective equipment and training for the new job tasks consistent with training requirements provided for in standards, guidances, or best practices issued by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, if necessary. (f) A day and temporary labor service agency or day or temporary laborer may refuse a new job task at the worksite when the task has not been reviewed or if the day or temporary laborer has not had appropriate training to do the new task. (g) A client company that supervises a day or temporary laborer must provide worksite specific training to the day or temporary laborer and must allow a day and temporary labor service agency to visit any worksite where the day or temporary laborer works or will be working to observe and confirm the client company's training and information related to the worksite's job tasks, safety and health practices, and hazards. (Source: P.A. 103-437, eff. 8-4-23; 103-1030, eff. 8-9-24.)
820 ILCS 175/90 Retaliation
(820 ILCS 175/90) Sec. 90. Retaliation. (a) Prohibition. It is a violation of this Act for a day and temporary labor service agency or third party client, or any agent of a day and temporary labor service agency or third party client, to retaliate through discharge or in any other manner against any day or temporary laborer for exercising any rights granted under this Act. Such retaliation shall subject a day and temporary labor service agency or third party client, or both, to civil penalties pursuant to this Act or a private cause of action. (b) Protected Acts from Retaliation. It is a violation of this Act for a day and temporary labor service agency or third party client to retaliate against a day or temporary laborer for: (1) making a complaint to a day and temporary labor service agency, to a third party client, to a co-worker, to a community organization, before a public hearing, or to a State or federal agency that rights guaranteed under this Act have been violated; (2) causing to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act; or (3) testifying or preparing to testify in an investigation or proceeding under this Act. (Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06.)
820 ILCS 175/95 Private Right of Action
(820 ILCS 175/95) Sec. 95. Private Right of Action. (a) A person aggrieved by a violation of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act by a day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client may file suit in circuit court of Illinois, in the county where the alleged offense occurred or where any day or temporary laborer who is party to the action resides, without regard to exhaustion of any alternative administrative remedies provided in this Act. A day and temporary labor service agency aggrieved by a violation of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act by a third party client may file suit in circuit court of Illinois, in the county where the alleged offense occurred or where the day and temporary labor service agency which is party to the action is located. Actions may be brought by one or more day or temporary laborers for and on behalf of themselves and other day or temporary laborers similarly situated. A day or temporary laborer whose rights have been violated under this Act by a day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client or a day and temporary labor service agency whose rights have been violated under this Act by a third party client is entitled to collect: (1) in the case of a wage and hour violation, the amount of any wages, salary, employment benefits, or other compensation denied or lost to the day or temporary laborer or day and temporary labor service agency by reason of the violation, plus an equal amount in liquidated damages; (2) in the case of a health and safety or notice violation, compensatory damages and an amount up to $500 for the violation of each subpart of each Section; (3) in the case of unlawful retaliation, all legal or equitable relief as may be appropriate; and (4) attorney's fees and costs. (b) The right of an aggrieved person to bring an action under this Section terminates upon the passing of 3 years from the final date of employment by the day and temporary labor agency or the third party client or upon the passing of 3 years from the date of termination of the contract between the day and temporary labor service agency and the third party client. This limitations period is tolled if a day labor employer has deterred a day and temporary labor service agency or day or temporary laborer's exercise of rights under this Act by contacting or threatening to contact law enforcement agencies. (Source: P.A. 96-1185, eff. 7-22-10.)
820 ILCS 175/96
(820 ILCS 175/96) Sec. 96. Day and temporary labor service agency; recovery of attorney's fees and costs. A day and temporary labor service agency may recover attorney's fees and costs in a civil action brought by the day and temporary labor service agency against a third-party client for breach of contract by the third-party client in relation to services provided by the agency to the third-party client if the plaintiff prevails in the lawsuit. (Source: P.A. 96-332, eff. 8-11-09.)
820 ILCS 175/97 Severability
(820 ILCS 175/97) Sec. 97. Severability. Should one or more of the provisions of this Act be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any of the valid provisions hereof. (Source: P.A. 94-511, eff. 1-1-06.)
820 ILCS 175/99 Effective Date
(820 ILCS 175/99) Sec. 99. Effective Date. This Act takes effect on January 1, 2000. (Source: P.A. 91-579, eff. 1-1-00.)
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