Bill Text: IL HB5077 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Employee Classification Act. Provides that the civil penalty for violating the Act is $1,500 for the first violation and $3,000 for each repeat violation within a 5-year period (rather than an amount not to exceed $1,000 for the first violation and an amount not to exceed $2,000 for each repeat violation within a 5-year period). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5077 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5077-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 5. The Employee Classification Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 40 as follows:
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6 | (820 ILCS 185/40)
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7 | Sec. 40. Penalties. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) An employer or entity that violates any of the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | provisions of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act shall | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | be subject to a civil penalty of $1,500 not to exceed $1,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | for each violation found in the first audit by the Department. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Following a first audit, an employer or entity shall be subject | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | to a civil penalty of $3,000 not to exceed $2,000 for each | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | repeat violation found by the Department within a 5 year | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | period. For purposes of this Section, each violation of this | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Act for each person and for each day the violation continues | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. In | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | determining the amount of a penalty, the Director shall | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | consider the appropriateness of the penalty to the employer or | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | entity charged, upon the determination of the gravity of the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | violations. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (b) The amount of the penalty, when finally determined, may | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | be recovered in any administrative proceeding or a civil action |
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1 | filed in any circuit court by the Director of Labor, or a | ||||||
2 | person aggrieved by a violation of this Act or any rule adopted | ||||||
3 | under this Act. | ||||||
4 | (1) The Department shall distribute to all affected | ||||||
5 | employees 10% of the civil penalty recovered as a result of | ||||||
6 | any administrative proceeding or civil action brought by | ||||||
7 | the Department. The remaining 90% of the amount recovered | ||||||
8 | shall be submitted to the Director of Labor. | ||||||
9 | (2) In any civil action brought by an interested party | ||||||
10 | pursuant to this Section, the circuit court shall award the | ||||||
11 | interested party 10% of the amount recovered. In such case, | ||||||
12 | the remaining amount recovered shall be submitted to the | ||||||
13 | Director of Labor. | ||||||
14 | (c) Any uncollected amount shall be subject to the | ||||||
15 | provisions of the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 98-106, eff. 1-1-14.)
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17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
18 | becoming law.
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