Sen. Jim Oberweis

Filed: 4/8/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2004

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2004 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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) Every employer shall pay to each of his
8employees in every occupation wages of not less than $2.30 per
9hour or in the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of
10not less than $1.95 per hour, except as provided in Sections 5
11and 6 of this Act, and on and after January 1, 1984, every
12employer shall pay to each of his employees in every occupation
13wages of not less than $2.65 per hour or in the case of
14employees under 18 years of age wages of not less than $2.25
15per hour, and on and after October 1, 1984 every employer shall
16pay to each of his employees in every occupation wages of not

 

 

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1less than $3.00 per hour or in the case of employees under 18
2years of age wages of not less than $2.55 per hour, and on or
3after July 1, 1985 every employer shall pay to each of his
4employees in every occupation wages of not less than $3.35 per
5hour or in the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of
6not less than $2.85 per hour, and from January 1, 2004 through
7December 31, 2004 every employer shall pay to each of his or
8her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
9occupation wages of not less than $5.50 per hour, and from
10January 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007 every employer shall pay
11to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older
12in every occupation wages of not less than $6.50 per hour, and
13from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 every employer shall
14pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or
15older in every occupation wages of not less than $7.50 per
16hour, and from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 every
17employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
18years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
19than $7.75 per hour, and from July 1, 2009 through June 30,
202010 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees
21who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of
22not less than $8.00 per hour, and from on and after July 1,
232010 through December 31, 2014 every employer shall pay to each
24of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
25occupation wages of not less than $8.25 per hour, and on and
26after January 1, 2015 every employer shall pay to each of his

 

 

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1or her employees who is at least 18 years of age but under 26
2years of age in every occupation wages of not less than $8.25
3per hour, and from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015
4every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is
526 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
6than $9 per hour, and from January 1, 2016 through December 31,
72016 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees
8who is 26 years of age or older in every occupation wages of
9not less than $9.50 per hour, and on and after January 1, 2017
10every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is
1126 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
12than $10 per hour.
13    (2) Unless an employee's wages are reduced under Section 6,
14then in lieu of the rate prescribed in item (1) of this
15subsection (a), an employer may pay an employee who is 18 years
16of age or older, during the first 90 consecutive calendar days
17after the employee is initially employed by the employer, a
18wage that is not more than 50¢ less than the wage prescribed in
19item (1) of this subsection (a); however, an employer shall pay
20not less than the rate prescribed in item (1) of this
21subsection (a) to:
22        (A) a day or temporary laborer, as defined in Section 5
23    of the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, who is 18
24    years of age or older; and
25        (B) an employee who is 18 years of age or older and
26    whose employment is occasional or irregular and requires

 

 

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1    not more than 90 days to complete.
2    (3) At no time shall the wages paid to any employee under
318 years of age be more than 50¢ less than the wage required to
4be paid to employees who are at least 18 years of age but under
526 years of age under item (1) of this subsection (a).
6    (b) No employer shall discriminate between employees on the
7basis of sex or mental or physical handicap, except as
8otherwise provided in this Act by paying wages to employees at
9a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees
10for the same or substantially similar work on jobs the
11performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and
12responsibility, and which are performed under similar working
13conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to (1) a
14seniority system; (2) a merit system; (3) a system which
15measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or (4)
16a differential based on any other factor other than sex or
17mental or physical handicap, except as otherwise provided in
18this Act.
19    (c) Every employer of an employee engaged in an occupation
20in which gratuities have customarily and usually constituted
21and have been recognized as part of the remuneration for hire
22purposes is entitled to an allowance for gratuities as part of
23the hourly wage rate provided in Section 4, subsection (a) in
24an amount not to exceed 40% of the applicable minimum wage
25rate. The Director shall require each employer desiring an
26allowance for gratuities to provide substantial evidence that

 

 

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1the amount claimed, which may not exceed 40% of the applicable
2minimum wage rate, was received by the employee in the period
3for which the claim of exemption is made, and no part thereof
4was returned to the employer.
5    (d) No camp counselor who resides on the premises of a
6seasonal camp of an organized not-for-profit corporation shall
7be subject to the adult minimum wage if the camp counselor (1)
8works 40 or more hours per week, and (2) receives a total
9weekly salary of not less than the adult minimum wage for a
1040-hour week. If the counselor works less than 40 hours per
11week, the counselor shall be paid the minimum hourly wage for
12each hour worked. Every employer of a camp counselor under this
13subsection is entitled to an allowance for meals and lodging as
14part of the hourly wage rate provided in Section 4, subsection
15(a), in an amount not to exceed 25% of the minimum wage rate.
16    (e) A camp counselor employed at a day camp is not subject
17to the adult minimum wage if the camp counselor is paid a
18stipend on a onetime or periodic basis and, if the camp
19counselor is a minor, the minor's parent, guardian or other
20custodian has consented in writing to the terms of payment
21before the commencement of such employment.
22    (f) A municipality, including a home rule municipality, may
23not establish a minimum wage in an amount in excess of the
24minimum wage established under this Section. This Section is a
25denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under
26subsection (g) of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 94-1072, eff. 7-1-07; 94-1102, eff. 7-1-07;
295-945, eff. 1-1-09.)".