101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3396

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Chuck Weaver

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 105/4  from Ch. 48, par. 1004

    Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that units of local government may enact ordinances to opt into a reduced minimum wage that is less than the wage otherwise required under the Law. Provides for minimum wages based upon a percentage of the otherwise required minimum wage depending upon the region of the State. Establishes 6 regions for purposes of determining the minimum wage. Provides that in regions where the minimum wage is reduced, the unit of local government must establish a procedure to increase the local minimum wage by at least 5% per year beginning January 1, 2026 and continuing until the local minimum wage is established at $15 per hour. Provides for reduced minimum wages for employees who have not worked 650 hours during a calendar year for an employer. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Minimum Wage Law is amended by changing
5Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 105/4)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1004)
7    Sec. 4. (a)(1) Except as provided in in subsection (f),
8every Every employer shall pay to each of his employees in
9every occupation wages of not less than $2.30 per hour or in
10the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of not less
11than $1.95 per hour, except as provided in Sections 5 and 6 of
12this Act, and on and after January 1, 1984, every employer
13shall pay to each of his employees in every occupation wages of
14not less than $2.65 per hour or in the case of employees under
1518 years of age wages of not less than $2.25 per hour, and on
16and after October 1, 1984 every employer shall pay to each of
17his employees in every occupation wages of not less than $3.00
18per hour or in the case of employees under 18 years of age
19wages of not less than $2.55 per hour, and on or after July 1,
201985 every employer shall pay to each of his employees in every
21occupation wages of not less than $3.35 per hour or in the case
22of employees under 18 years of age wages of not less than $2.85
23per hour, and from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004

 

 

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1every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is
218 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
3than $5.50 per hour, and from January 1, 2005 through June 30,
42007 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees
5who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of
6not less than $6.50 per hour, and from July 1, 2007 through
7June 30, 2008 every employer shall pay to each of his or her
8employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation
9wages of not less than $7.50 per hour, and from July 1, 2008
10through June 30, 2009 every employer shall pay to each of his
11or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
12occupation wages of not less than $7.75 per hour, and from July
131, 2009 through June 30, 2010 every employer shall pay to each
14of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
15occupation wages of not less than $8.00 per hour, and from July
161, 2010 through December 31, 2019 every employer shall pay to
17each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in
18every occupation wages of not less than $8.25 per hour, and
19from January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, every employer
20shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age
21or older in every occupation wages of not less than $9.25 per
22hour, and from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 every
23employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
24years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
25than $10 per hour, and from January 1, 2021 through December
2631, 2021 every employer shall pay to each of his or her

 

 

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1employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation
2wages of not less than $11 per hour, and from January 1, 2022
3through December 31, 2022 every employer shall pay to each of
4his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
5occupation wages of not less than $12 per hour, and from
6January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 every employer shall
7pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or
8older in every occupation wages of not less than $13 per hour,
9and from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, every
10employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
11years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
12than $14 per hour; and on and after January 1, 2025, every
13employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
14years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
15than $15 per hour.
16    (2) Unless an employee's wages are reduced under Section 6,
17then in lieu of the rate prescribed in item (1) of this
18subsection (a), an employer may pay an employee who is 18 years
19of age or older, during the first 90 consecutive calendar days
20after the employee is initially employed by the employer, a
21wage that is not more than 50¢ less than the wage prescribed in
22item (1) of this subsection (a); however, an employer shall pay
23not less than the rate prescribed in item (1) of this
24subsection (a) to:
25        (A) a day or temporary laborer, as defined in Section 5
26    of the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, who is 18

 

 

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1    years of age or older; and
2        (B) an employee who is 18 years of age or older and
3    whose employment is occasional or irregular and requires
4    not more than 90 days to complete.
5    (3) At no time on or before December 31, 2019 shall the
6wages paid to any employee under 18 years of age be more than
750¢ less than the wage required to be paid to employees who are
8at least 18 years of age under item (1) of this subsection (a).
9Beginning on January 1, 2020, every employer shall pay to each
10of his or her employees who is under 18 years of age that has
11worked more than 650 hours for the employer during any calendar
12year a wage not less than the wage required for employees who
13are 18 years of age or older under paragraph (1) of subsection
14(a) of Section 4 of this Act. Every employer shall pay to each
15of his or her employees who is under 18 years of age that has
16not worked more than 650 hours for the employer during any
17calendar year: (1) $8 per hour from January 1, 2020 through
18December 31, 2020; (2) $8.50 per hour from January 1, 2021
19through December 31, 2021; (3) $9.25 per hour from January 1,
202022 through December 31, 2022; (4) $10.50 per hour from
21January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023; (5) $12 per hour
22from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024; and (6) $13 per
23hour on and after January 1, 2025.
24    (b) No employer shall discriminate between employees on the
25basis of sex or mental or physical disability, except as
26otherwise provided in this Act by paying wages to employees at

 

 

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1a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees
2for the same or substantially similar work on jobs the
3performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and
4responsibility, and which are performed under similar working
5conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to (1) a
6seniority system; (2) a merit system; (3) a system which
7measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or (4)
8a differential based on any other factor other than sex or
9mental or physical disability, except as otherwise provided in
10this Act.
11    (c) Every employer of an employee engaged in an occupation
12in which gratuities have customarily and usually constituted
13and have been recognized as part of the remuneration for hire
14purposes is entitled to an allowance for gratuities as part of
15the hourly wage rate provided in Section 4, subsection (a) in
16an amount not to exceed 40% of the applicable minimum wage
17rate. The Director shall require each employer desiring an
18allowance for gratuities to provide substantial evidence that
19the amount claimed, which may not exceed 40% of the applicable
20minimum wage rate, was received by the employee in the period
21for which the claim of exemption is made, and no part thereof
22was returned to the employer.
23    (d) No camp counselor who resides on the premises of a
24seasonal camp of an organized not-for-profit corporation shall
25be subject to the adult minimum wage if the camp counselor (1)
26works 40 or more hours per week, and (2) receives a total

 

 

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1weekly salary of not less than the adult minimum wage for a
240-hour week. If the counselor works less than 40 hours per
3week, the counselor shall be paid the minimum hourly wage for
4each hour worked. Every employer of a camp counselor under this
5subsection is entitled to an allowance for meals and lodging as
6part of the hourly wage rate provided in Section 4, subsection
7(a), in an amount not to exceed 25% of the minimum wage rate.
8    (e) A camp counselor employed at a day camp is not subject
9to the adult minimum wage if the camp counselor is paid a
10stipend on a onetime or periodic basis and, if the camp
11counselor is a minor, the minor's parent, guardian or other
12custodian has consented in writing to the terms of payment
13before the commencement of such employment.
14    (f) A unit of local government, whether or not a home rule
15unit, and any non-home rule county with respect to the
16unincorporated territory of the county, may enact an ordinance
17to opt into a reduced minimum wage from that required by
18subsection (a) of this Section. The reduced minimum wage rate
19shall be determined by reference to the Metropolitan or
20Nonmetropolitan area of the State that is the base of
21operations of the employee. The Metropolitan and
22Nonmetropolitan areas of this State are those areas in Illinois
23as defined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics as
24of May 2018.
25    The maximum reduced minimum wage rate shall be as follows:
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1    2025, the maximum reduced minimum wage rate for the City of
2    Chicago-Naperville-Elgin region excluding Chicago and Cook
3    County may not be more than 5% less than the rates as
4    determined in subsection (a) of this Section;
5        (2) For the Bloomington, Champaign-Urbana, and
6    Springfield areas:
7            (A) for the period July 1, 2020 through December
8        31, 2020, the maximum reduced minimum wage rate may not
9        be more than 5% less than the rates as determined in
10        subsection (a) of this Section;
11            (B) for the period January 1, 2021 through December
12        31, 2025, the maximum reduced minimum wage rate may not
13        be more than 10% less than the rates as determined in
14        subsection (a) of this Section;
15            (C) for wages paid to employees under 18 years of
16        age who have not worked more than 650 hours for the
17        employer during any calendar year, the maximum reduced
18        minimum wage rate for the period January 1, 2021
19        through December 31, 2021 may not be more than 5% less
20        than the rates as determined in subsection (a) of this
21        Section and for the period January 1, 2022 through
22        December 31, 2025 the maximum reduced minimum wage rate
23        may not be more than 10% less than the rates as
24        determined in subsection (a) of this Section;
25        (3) For the Cape Girardeau, Carbondale-Marion,
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1    areas:
2            (A) for the period January 1, 2021 through December
3        31, 2025, the maximum reduced minimum wage rate for may
4        not be more than 15% less than the rates as determined
5        in subsection (a) of this Section;
6            (B) for wages paid to employees under 18 years of
7        age who have not worked more than 650 hours for the
8        employer during any calendar year, the maximum reduced
9        minimum wage rate for the period January 1, 2021
10        through December 31, 2021 may not be more than 5% less
11        than the rates as determined in subsection (a) of this
12        Section; for the period January 1, 2022 through
13        December 31, 2022 the maximum reduced minimum wage rate
14        may not be more than 10% less than the rates as
15        determined in subsection (a) of this Section; and for
16        the period January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025
17        the maximum reduced minimum wage rate may not be more
18        than 15% less than the rates as determined in
19        subsection (a) of this Section;
20        (4) For the Danville, Decatur, Kankakee, and Rockford
21    areas;
22            (A) for the period January 1, 2021 through December
23        31, 2021, the maximum reduced minimum wage rate for may
24        not be more than 15% less than the rates as determined
25        in subsection (a) of this Section;
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1        31, 2025, the maximum reduced minimum wage rate for may
2        not be more than 20% less than the rates as determined
3        in subsection (a) of this Section;
4            (C) for wages paid to employees under 18 years of
5        age who have not worked more than 650 hours for the
6        employer during any calendar year, the maximum reduced
7        minimum wage rate for the period January 1, 2021
8        through December 31, 2021 may not be more than 5% less
9        than the rates as determined in subsection (a) of this
10        Section; for the period January 1, 2022 through
11        December 31, 2022 the maximum reduced minimum wage rate
12        may not be more than 10% less than the rates as
13        determined in subsection (a) of this Section; and for
14        the period January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025
15        the maximum reduced minimum wage rate may not be more
16        than 20% less than the rates as determined in
17        subsection (a) of this Section;
18        (5) For the Northwest Illinois, West Central Illinois,
19    East Central Illinois, and South Illinois nonmetropolitan
20    areas:
21            (A) for the period January 1, 2021 through December
22        31, 2021, the maximum reduced minimum wage rate for may
23        not be more than 15% less than the rates as determined
24        in subsection (a) of this Section;
25            (B) for the period January 1, 2022 through December
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1        not be more than 20% less than the rates as determined
2        in subsection (a) of this Section;
3            (C) for the period January 1, 2023 through December
4        31, 2025, the maximum reduced minimum wage rate for may
5        not be more than 25% less than the rates as determined
6        in subsection (a) of this Section;
7            (D) for wages paid to employees under 18 years of
8        age who have not worked more than 650 hours for the
9        employer during any calendar year, the maximum reduced
10        minimum wage rate for the period January 1, 2021
11        through December 31, 2021 may not be more than 5% less
12        than the rates as determined in subsection (a) of this
13        Section; for the period January 1, 2022 through
14        December 31, 2022 the maximum reduced minimum wage rate
15        may not be more than 10% less than the rates as
16        determined in subsection (a) of this Section; for the
17        period January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 the
18        maximum reduced minimum wage rate may not be more than
19        20% less than the rates as determined in subsection (a)
20        of this Section; and for the period January 1, 2024
21        through December 31, 2025 the maximum reduced minimum
22        wage rate may not be more than 25% less than the rates
23        as determined in subsection (a) of this Section;
24        (6) For the period January 1 through December 31, 2021
25    for the Cape Girardeau, Carbondale-Marion,
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1    Danville, Decatur, Kankakee, Rockford, Northwest Illinois,
2    West Central Illinois, East Central Illinois, and South
3    Illinois nonmetropolitan areas, the minimum wage rate
4    shall be $9.25.
5    (g) Any unit of local that enacts an ordinance to opt into
6a reduced maximum minimum wage rate as provided in subsection
7(f) of this Section shall by ordinance increase the maximum
8reduced minimum wage rate by a minimum of 5% per year beginning
9January 1, 2026 until the rate reaches $15 per hour.
10(Source: P.A. 101-1, eff. 2-19-19.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.