(815 ILCS 630/4) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 2004)
    Sec. 4. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to:
    (a) Any State, federal or local governmental agency that performs such services;
    (b) Any labor union that procures employment for any of its members in any job coming under the jurisdiction of the union;
    (c) Any news periodical which contains listings of or classified advertisements for jobs, positions, employers, or job seekers where the periodical also contains news stories of general interest, articles or essays of opinion, features and other advertising and which is offered to the general public for sale at a nominal fee;
    (d) Any not for profit educational, religious, charitable or civic organization which provides career counseling, job placement or other employment-related services, skills evaluation, skills analysis, or testing for vocational ability in order to develop a vocational profile to counsel individuals and recommend placement opportunities as part of the fulfillment of its educational, religious or charitable purpose and which does not charge a fee for its services;
    (e) Any copying, printing, duplicating or resume preparation service which in no instance charges a fee, directly or indirectly, for providing any employment-related service other than copying, printing, duplicating or assisting in arranging the layout of a resume;
    (f) Any other person or business entity that does not collect from or charge the job seeker a fee for its services;
    (g) Any newsletter or matching service provided by a not for profit organization that has been in existence at least 3 years before the initiation of the newsletter or matching service and when the annual fee for the service does not exceed $50.
(Source: P.A. 88-478.)