Illinois Administrative Code

Section 300.750 Cash Advance Repayment Agreement If a cash advance is to be repaid through payroll deductions, both the employer and the employee must sign an agreement specifying the amount of the advance, the repayment schedule, and the method of repayment. (Source: Added at 16…

Section 300.760 Advanced Vacation Pay If an employer permits an employee to take a vacation that has not yet been earned, and the employee resigns or is terminated, the employer may not deduct the unearned vacation pay from the employee's wages or final compensation without a wri…

Section 300.770 Tuition Reimbursement If an employer advances payment to or on behalf of the employee for the cost of tuition, textbooks and other expenses of voluntary elective educational courses, the employer may not deduct such advances from the employee's wages or final comp…

Section 300.780 Training and Educational Expenses An employer shall not deduct expenses for training or educational courses required by the employer, even though such training or educational courses are also required by State or federal government, unless the employee's express w…

Section 300.790 Cash Advance Exception The provisions of these rules pertaining to cash advances shall not apply to funds transmitted by wire to employees who are traveling, if a signed authorization is not practicable. (Source: Added at 16 Ill. Reg. 13828, effective September 1,…

Section 300.800 Deduction Limit No cash advance repayment agreement shall provide for a repayment schedule of more than 15% of an employee's gross wages or final compensation per paycheck. (Source: Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 12933, effective July 20, 2011)

Section 300.810 Balance Due at Termination If, upon termination, an employee owes an amount greater than 15% of gross wages or final compensation, that amount may be withheld from the employee's wages or final compensation, but only if such an arrangement was included in the agre…

Section 300.820 Damaged Property A financial loss suffered by an employer due to damage to his/her property or to that of a customer or client shall not be deducted from an employee's pay unless the employee's expressed written consent is given freely at the time the deduction is…

Section 300.830 Return of Employer's Property In no case shall an employer withhold all or part of the final compensation due an employee while the employer awaits return of property in the possession of the employee unless the employee's express written consent is given freely a…

Section 300.840 Uniforms Required by an Employer An employer shall not deduct the cost of purchasing and/or cleaning uniforms required by the employer from an employee's wages or final compensation, unless the employee's express written consent is given freely at the time the ded…

Section 300.850 Equipment Required by an Employer An employer shall not deduct the cost of equipment required by the employer or by law from an employee's wages or final compensation unless the employee's express written consent is given freely at the time the deduction is made. …

Section 300.860 Medical Examinations and Records No employer shall require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of medical examinations or the cost of furnishing any records of such examinations which are required by the employer as a condition of employment. …

Section 300.870 Deposit An employer may request that a deposit be paid on a particular piece of property, but such a deposit shall not be deducted from the employee's wages or final compensation unless the employee's express written consent is given freely at the time the deducti…

Section 300.880 Conditions of Return of Deposit A deposit must be returned to the employee, along with any final compensation, provided the employee has returned the property on which the deposit was paid. (Source: Added at 16 Ill. Reg. 13828, effective September 1, 1992)

Section 300.890 Time for Return of Deposit If property is returned after all other final compensation has been paid, the deposit on the property must be given to the employee immediately upon return of the property, if possible, but in no case later than the next payday. (Source:…

Section 300.900 Overpayment a) When the employee agrees that an overpayment has been made, the entire sum of the overpayment may be deducted on the employee's first regular payday subsequent to the payday on which the overpayment occurred. If an overpayment is not discovered unti…

Section 300.910 Deductions From Bank Accounts Under no circumstances may an employer or its agents deduct or cause to be deducted disputed amounts from any banking account of the employee. (Source: Added at 16 Ill. Reg. 13828, effective September 1, 1992)

Section 300.920 Acceptance of Disputed Paycheck Acceptance by an employee of a disputed paycheck will not be evidence that the employee has released all claims. (Source: Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 18517, effective August 22, 2014)

Section 300.930 Notice of Disputed Deductions a) Notice by an employer of disputed deductions from wages under Section 9 of the Act shall be either typewritten or clearly handwritten and shall include: the name and last known address of the employee from whose wages or final comp…

Section 300.940 Filing of a Claim and Service a) An employee or an employee's representative may file a complaint with the Department alleging violations of the Act by submitting a completed wage claim application on the form provided by the Department and by submitting all suppo…

Section 300.941 Response, Investigation, and Referral to Formal Administrative Hearing a) The respondent must, in response, remit payment of all undisputed amounts and submit a written explanation of all the amounts remaining in dispute within 20 days after the date of mailing or…

Section 300.942 Withdrawal of a Claim An employee may voluntarily withdraw his or her claim by submitting a written statement to the Department or making a verbal statement on the record during the hearing or at any time prior to the issuance of the ALJ's decision. The Department…

Section 300.950 Scheduling and Notice of Investigative Hearing (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 38 Ill. Reg. 18517, effective August 22, 2014)

Section 300.960 Continuances (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 38 Ill. Reg. 18517, effective August 22, 2014)

Section 300.970 Application of the Rules of Evidence, Pleadings and Procedures in an Investigative Hearing (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 38 Ill. Reg. 18517, effective August 22, 2014)

Section 300.980 Participants at Informal Investigative Hearings (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 38 Ill. Reg. 18517, effective August 22, 2014)

Section 300.990 Contumacious Conduct at Informal Investigative Hearings (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 38 Ill. Reg. 18517, effective August 22, 2014)

Section 365.10 Scope and Purpose It is the purpose of this rulemaking to develop rules and regulations for funding and administration of the Displaced Homemakers Assistance Act. These rules and regulations will ensure maximum and efficient utilization of appropriated General Reve…

Section 365.100 Record Maintenance and Reporting Requirements a) Grantees will be required to submit the following reports: 1) Monthly and quarterly progress reports. 2) Final program evaluation report within 90 days after the end of the project. b) Grantees will be required to m…

Section 365.110 Monitoring and Evaluation a) The Department of Labor may monitor and evaluate all grants made to eligible grantees through the Displaced Homemakers Program. Grant programs will be monitored for compliance with this Part. The right to make unannounced monitoring vi…

Section 365.120 Non-Compliance a) The Department shall determine under this Part whether a program might not be in compliance with the goals and objective outlined in the signed grant agreement. The Department would give written notice to the grantee specifying the nature of the …

Section 365.20 Policy and Applicability The policy of the Department of Labor will be to develop programs, funded through General Revenue appropriations, that will implement, expand, and enhance services to displaced homemakers throughout the State. These programs will assist dis…

Section 365.30 Use of Funds Funds from General Revenue appropriations will be used for administration, wages, materials, tuition, and other expenses that are necessary costs of the Displaced Homemakers Program.

Section 365.40 Duration of Program a) Grants will be effective during the appropriate state fiscal year which begins July 1, and will have a termination date of June 30, the last day of the same Fiscal Year. b) If any funds remain uncommitted at the end of the state fiscal year, …

Section 365.5 Introduction (Repealed) (Source: Repealed at 25 Ill. Reg. 916, effective January 5, 2001)

Section 365.50 Eligible Target Group a) The target group is displaced homemakers, to which assistance is necessary for them to be able to become independent and to gain economic security. In Section 3 of the Displaced Homemakers Assistance Act [20 ILCS 615/3], a displaced homemak…

Section 365.60 Eligible Organizations for Funding The Department of Labor may fund, for the purpose of the General Revenue funded Displaced Homemakers Program, not-for-profit corporations, community organizations, State and private colleges and universities. Only those organizati…

Section 365.70 Availability of Information to the Public The Department of Labor shall make available to the public a copy of this Part for participation in the Displaced Homemakers Program. Requests For Proposals (RFPs) will be mailed to organizations on a solicitation list of p…

Section 365.80 Application Process a) The Department of Labor shall make RFPs describing proposed projects before awarding of funds. RFPs will be issued in May in order that programs can start up on July 1. b) Consistent with the RFP process, when funds become available, a deadli…

Section 365.90 Internal Review Procedure for Applications a) All proposals submitted for funding shall be reviewed by the Department of Labor, according to criteria, rules, and regulations set forth in Section 365.30, Use of Funds, and Section 365.80, Application Process. b) Upon…

Section 2500.10 Purpose and Coverage This Part interprets the provisions of Section 2-102 of the Illinois Human Rights Act (Act) prohibiting discrimination in employment against persons with disabilities. For purposes of the prohibition against disability discrimination, Section …

Section 2500.20 What Constitutes a "Disability" a) Statutory Definition – According to Section 1-103(I) of the Act, the term "disability" in employment contexts means a determinable physical or mental characteristic of a person, including but not limited to a determinable physica…

Section 2500.30 Who is Protected Against Disability Discrimination a) Section 1-103(I) of the Act provides that a person is protected against discrimination if he/she 1) is currently exhibiting a condition that constitutes a "disability"; 2) has a history of exhibiting such a con…

Section 2500.40 Reasonable Accommodation a) Requirement – Employers and labor organizations must make reasonable accommodation of the known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified disabled applicants or employees, unless the employer or labor organization can demons…

Section 2500.50 Bona Fide Occupational Qualification Section 2-104(A) of the Act prescribes that it is not a violation for an employer, employment agency or labor organization to discriminate based on a criterion which constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ) for…

Section 2500.60 Pre-Employment Inquiries and Examinations a) Inquiries – An employer, employment agency or labor organization may not require a job applicant to list or disclose all disabling conditions that the applicant is exhibiting. However, it is not a violation of the Act f…

Section 2510.10 Scope and Purpose This regulation construes in two respects the provisions of the Human Rights Act prohibiting discrimination in employment based on an individual's "unfavorable military discharge." It first prescribes a caveat with regard to the statutory definit…

Section 2510.20 Statutory Prohibition Section 2-102 of the Illinois Human Rights Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 68, pars. 2-102), prohibits discrimination in employment in Illinois by employers, labor organizations and employment agencies. Under Section 1-103(Q) of the Act, unlaw…

Section 2510.30 Caveat; RE Codes In defining what constitutes an "unfavorable military discharge" for purposes of the above prohibition, Section 1-103(P) of the Act indicates that the term includes discharges...which are classified as RE-3 or the equivalent thereof, but does not …

Section 2510.40 Exemption for Employment Involving Fiduciary Responsibilities Section 2-104(C) of the Human Rights Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 68, par 2-104(C)), provides that an individual who has received an unfavorable discharge from military service may be excluded from a …