820 ILCS 230/ Employee Washroom Act.

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820 ILCS 230/0.01

(820 ILCS 230/0.01) (from Ch. 48, par. 97.9)

Sec. 0.01.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Employee Washroom Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

820 ILCS 230/0.05

    (820 ILCS 230/0.05)
    Sec. 0.05. Federal regulations; operation of Act.

(a)   Except as provided in subsection (b), Sections 1 through 5 of this Act are inoperative on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd  General Assembly.

(b)   If at any time the Occupational Safety and Health standard at 29 CFR 1910.141 is repealed or revoked, the Director of Labor shall adopt a rule setting forth a determination that this Act should be reviewed and reinstated in order to protect the health and safety of Illinois' workers. On the date such a rule is adopted, this Act shall again become operative.

(Source: P.A. 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)

820 ILCS 230/1

(820 ILCS 230/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 98)

Sec. 1.

Every owner or operator of a coal mine, steel mill, foundry,
machine shop, railroad, or other like business in which employees become
covered with grease, smoke, dust, grime and perspiration to such extent
that to remain in such condition after leaving their work without washing
and cleansing their bodies and changing their clothing, will endanger their
health or make their condition offensive to the public, shall provide and
maintain a suitable and sanitary washroom, with an adequate quantity of
soap containing bland non-irritating detergents which effectively cleanse
the skin, at a convenient place where employees are required to report for
duty or are relieved from duty, in or adjacent to such mine, mill, foundry,
shop, railroad or other place of employment for the use of such employees.

(Source: Laws 1937, p. 570.)

820 ILCS 230/2

(820 ILCS 230/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 99)

Sec. 2.

Such washroom shall be so arranged that employees may change
their clothing therein, and shall be sufficient for the number of
employees engaged regularly in such employment; shall be provided with
lockers or hangers in which employees may keep their clothing; shall be
provided with an adequate supply of safe, clean and potable water
satisfactory for drinking purposes dispensed in a sanitary manner, an
adequate supply of safe, clean, hot and cold water satisfactory for
shower and bathing purposes and with sufficient and suitable places and
means for using the same; a sufficient number of showers for the use of
employees who regularly use the washroom; and adequate toilet
facilities, properly enclosed; and during cold weather shall be
sufficiently heated. The floor space necessary for the employees to dress in
such washroom shall not be less than seven square feet per employee
regularly dressing in such washroom at any one time.

(Source: P.A. 84-1438.)

820 ILCS 230/3

(820 ILCS 230/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 100)

Sec. 3.

All State mine inspectors, the Department of Labor and
other inspectors required to inspect places and kinds of business required
by this act to be provided with washrooms, shall inspect such washrooms
at frequent intervals and report to the owner or operator, the sanitary and
physical condition thereof in writing, and make recommendations as to such
improvements or changes as may appear to be necessary for compliance with
this Act. Any such inspector may lock and close any washroom found to be in
violation of this Act, and may institute proceedings to enforce the penalty
provided in Section 4.

(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)

820 ILCS 230/4

(820 ILCS 230/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 101)

Sec. 4.

Any owner or employer who shall fail or refuse to comply with the
provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense.

(Source: P.A. 77-2428.)

820 ILCS 230/5

(820 ILCS 230/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 102)

Sec. 5.

Any owner or employer who shall be convicted of a violation
of the provisions of this act shall be subject to a conviction for
succeeding offenses for each and every day he shall neglect or refuse to
comply herewith.

(Source: Laws 1913, p. 359.)