Bill Text: IL HB0127 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Low-Wage Employer Cost Recoupment Act. Directs the Department of Labor to impose a surcharge upon employers that pay employees wages that are less than the amount that would disqualify a single person from being eligible for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Imposes a surcharge in an amount equal to the annual value of the amount of federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for which a single person would be eligible multiplied by the number of employees whose wages do not disqualify a person from eligibility for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0127 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB0127-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning employment.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Low-Wage Employer Cost Recoupment Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Department" means the Department of Labor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | "Director" means the Director of Labor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Employee" means any individual employed or permitted to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | work by an employer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | "Employer" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Minimum Wage Law. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | "Wage" means compensation due to an employee by reason of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | his or her employment.
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15 | Section 10. Low-wage employer surcharge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (a) An employer that employs any employee (1) who was | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | listed on the employer's payroll for at least 90 calendar days | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | prior to the completion of the most recent calendar quarter, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | beginning with the first calendar quarter of 2022 and (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | whose wages paid by the employer during the quarter were less | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | than the amount that would disqualify a single person from | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | being eligible for federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance |
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1 | Program benefits shall pay a surcharge to the Department of | ||||||
2 | Labor. | ||||||
3 | (b) The Department shall determine the number of the | ||||||
4 | employer's employees whose wages are less than the amount that | ||||||
5 | would disqualify a single person from being eligible for | ||||||
6 | federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. | ||||||
7 | The Director shall then impose a surcharge in the amount of the | ||||||
8 | annual value of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program | ||||||
9 | benefits for which a single person would be eligible | ||||||
10 | multiplied by the number of those employees. | ||||||
11 | (c) The Department shall notify the employer of the amount | ||||||
12 | of the surcharge no later than January 31, 2023 and each | ||||||
13 | January 31 thereafter.
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14 | Section 15. Payment of surcharge. An employer that has | ||||||
15 | been notified of the imposition of a surcharge under Section | ||||||
16 | 10 shall pay the surcharge to the Department in 10 equal | ||||||
17 | monthly installments due on the first day of each month | ||||||
18 | beginning on March 1 of each year.
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19 | Section 20. Rulemaking authority. The Department may adopt | ||||||
20 | rules necessary to implement the provisions of this Act.
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.
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