Public Act 100-0225
 
SB0858 EnrolledLRB100 06081 JLS 18987 b


  
    AN ACT concerning employment.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Freedom to Work Act is amended  by 
changing Section 5 as follows:
 
    (820 ILCS 90/5)

    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
    "Covenant not to compete" means an agreement:
        (1) between an employer and a low-wage employee that 
    restricts such low-wage employee from performing:
            (A) any work for another employer for a specified 
        period of time;
            (B) any work in a specified geographical area; or
            (C) work for another employer that is similar to 
        such low-wage employee's work for the employer 
        included as a party to the agreement; and

        (2) that is entered into after the effective date of 
    this Act.
    "Employer" has the meaning given to such term in subsection 
(c) of Section 3 of the Minimum Wage Law. "Employer" does not 
include governmental or quasi-governmental bodies.
    "Low-wage employee" means an employee whose earnings do not 
exceed who earns the greater of (1) the hourly rate equal to 
the minimum wage required by the applicable federal, State, or 
local minimum wage law or (2) $13.00 per hour.

(Source: P.A. 99-860, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  


Effective Date:  8/18/2017