Illinois Senate Bill 1547 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 18 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that if an employer fails to include all commissions earned by a separated employee in the final compensation paid to the separated employee within the time limit set forth in the Act, the employer shall, in addition to any other penalties, pay the employee an amount equal to 3 times the amount of the commissions that were not paid, as well as the employee's court costs, attorney's fees, and any other associated costs incurred in successfully pursuing a legal action against the employer. Effective immediately.

WAGE PAY & COLLECT-COMMISSIONS

Sen. Emil Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-08-15		Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2009-03-12		Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
2009-03-12		Do Pass Labor; 010-000-000
2009-03-06		Postponed - Labor
2009-02-25		Assigned to Labor
2009-02-18		Referred to Assignments
2009-02-18		First Reading
2009-02-18		Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, III

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1547&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=76&GA=96
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/09600SB1547.htm