Chapter 820 — EMPLOYMENT

(820 ILCS 219/85) Sec. 85. Civil penalties. (a) After an inspection of a workplace under this Act, if the Director issues a citation, he or she shall, within 5 days after issuing the citation, notify the employer by certified mail, or by email to an email address previously desig…

(820 ILCS 219/90) Sec. 90. Informal review. (a) A public employer may submit in writing data relating to the abatement of a hazard to be considered by an authorized representative of the Director. The authorized representative shall notify the interested parties if such data will…

(820 ILCS 219/900) Sec. 900. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-874, eff. 1-1-15; text omitted.)

(820 ILCS 219/910) Sec. 910. The Safety Inspection and Education Act is repealed. (Source: P.A. 98-874, eff. 1-1-15.)

(820 ILCS 219/915) Sec. 915. The Health and Safety Act is repealed. (Source: P.A. 98-874, eff. 1-1-15.)

(820 ILCS 219/920) Sec. 920. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-874, eff. 1-1-15; text omitted.)

(820 ILCS 219/925) Sec. 925. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-874, eff. 1-1-15; text omitted.)

(820 ILCS 219/95) Sec. 95. Request for hearing. (a) Within 15 working days after receiving a citation, proposed assessment of a civil penalty, or notice of failure to correct a violation, a public employer or the employer's agent, manager, or superintendent may request in writing…

(820 ILCS 226/10-1) Sec. 10-1. Short title. (a) This Article may be cited as the Illinois Safe and Healthy Workplace Act. (b) As used in this Article, "this Act" refers to this Article. (Source: P.A. 104-161, eff. 8-14-25.)

(820 ILCS 226/10-10) Sec. 10-10. Operative provisions for the development of occupational health and safety rules in the private sector where no federal standard exists. If, after the effective date of this Act, a federal occupational health or safety standard, as defined under 2…

(820 ILCS 226/10-15) Sec. 10-15. Rulemaking authority. (a) In order to accomplish the objectives of this Act and to carry out the duties prescribed by this Act, the Director of Labor may adopt rules, in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, necessary to imple…

(820 ILCS 226/10-20) Sec. 10-20. Right of action. (a) As used in this Section, "interested party" means an organization that monitors or is attentive to compliance with public or worker safety laws. (b) An aggrieved employee, an interested party, or the Department of Labor may br…

(820 ILCS 226/10-25) Sec. 10-25. Relief and penalties. (a) An aggrieved employee, interested party, or the Department of Labor prevailing in a civil action under Section 10-20 or any rules or standards adopted under this Act shall be entitled to all appropriate relief, including …

(820 ILCS 226/10-30) Sec. 10-30. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable. If any provision of this Act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or ap…

(820 ILCS 226/10-5) Sec. 10-5. Scope. (a) The grant of authority and obligations in this Act apply and extend only to occupational safety or health issues with respect to which no standard is in effect under section 6 of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 6…

(820 ILCS 226/99-99) Sec. 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 104-161, eff. 8-14-25.)

(820 ILCS 227/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the OSHA Program Reorganization Act. (Source: P.A. 97-787, eff. 7-13-12.)

(820 ILCS 227/10) Sec. 10. Transfer of the Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program. (a) On July 1, 2012 or as soon thereafter as practical, all of the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to the Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program…

(820 ILCS 227/15) Sec. 15. Representation on boards or other entities. When any provision of an Executive Order or Act provides for the membership of the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity on any council, commission, board, or other entity relating to the Illinois Onsi…

(820 ILCS 227/20) Sec. 20. Personnel transferred. The status and rights of employees of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity engaged in the performance of the functions of the Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program (the OSHA Program) shall not be af…

(820 ILCS 227/25) Sec. 25. Books and records transferred. All books, records, papers, documents, property (real and personal), contracts, and pending business pertaining to the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to the Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultat…

(820 ILCS 227/30) Sec. 30. Unexpended moneys transferred. With respect to the Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program (the OSHA Program), the Department of Labor is the successor agency to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the Successor Agen…

(820 ILCS 227/35) Sec. 35. Exercise of transferred powers; savings provisions. The powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities related to the Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program (the OSHA Program) transferred from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opport…

(820 ILCS 227/40) Sec. 40. Rights, obligations, and duties unaffected by transfer. The transfer of powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to the Department of Labor under this Act does not affect any person's rights, …

(820 ILCS 227/45) Sec. 45. Agency officers; penalties. Every officer of the Department of Labor is, for any offense, subject to the same penalty or penalties, civil or criminal, as are prescribed by existing law for the same offense by any officer whose powers or duties are trans…

(820 ILCS 227/50) Sec. 50. Reports, notices, or papers. Whenever reports or notices are required to be made or given or papers or documents furnished or served by any person to or upon the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in connection with any of the functions of …

(820 ILCS 227/55) Sec. 55. Acts and actions unaffected by transfer. This Act does not affect any act done, ratified, or canceled, or any right occurring or established, before July 1, 2012 in connection with the Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program (the OSHA Pro…

(820 ILCS 227/60) Sec. 60. Rules. (a) Any rule of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that (i) relates to the Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program (the OSHA Program), (ii) is in full force on July 1, 2012, and (iii) has been duly adopted by the D…

(820 ILCS 227/900) Sec. 900. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-787, eff. 7-13-12; text omitted.)

(820 ILCS 227/905) Sec. 905. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-787, eff. 7-13-12; text omitted.)

(820 ILCS 227/910) Sec. 910. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-787, eff. 7-13-12; text omitted.)

(820 ILCS 227/997) Sec. 997. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 97-787, eff. 7-13-12.)

(820 ILCS 227/999) Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 97-787, eff. 7-13-12.)

(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) 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 Occupation…

(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 con…

(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 employ…

(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 rep…

(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) (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 …

(820 ILCS 235/0.01) (from Ch. 48, par. 172c.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Medical Examination of Employees Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(820 ILCS 235/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 172d) Sec. 1. No employer shall require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination or the cost of furnishing any records of such examination required by the employer as a condition of employment. (Source: …

(820 ILCS 235/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 172e) Sec. 2. The term "employer" as used in this Act shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, and any common carrier by rail, motor, w…

(820 ILCS 235/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 172f) Sec. 3. The term "employee" shall mean and include every person who may be permitted, required or directed by any employer, as defined in Section 2, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment. (Sour…

(820 ILCS 235/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 172g) Sec. 4. Whoever violates the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined not more than $100 for each offense. (Source: P.A. 77-2430.)

(820 ILCS 245/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 261) Sec. 1. When used in this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise, the term (a) "Caisson" means a wood, steel, concrete or reenforced concrete air-tight and water-tight chamber in which it is possible for men to work to excavate materi…

(820 ILCS 245/1.5) Sec. 1.5. Federal regulations; operation of Act. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), Sections 1 through 6 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 Safety and H…

(820 ILCS 245/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 262) Sec. 2. The working period of any person under compressed air in any compartment, caisson, tunnel or places shall be divided into two periods under compressed air with an interval of rest between the two periods. If the air pressure exceed…

(820 ILCS 245/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 263) Sec. 3. No person employed in compressed air shall be permitted to pass from the working chamber to normal air, except after decompression in a lock as follows: (a) Where the air pressure is greater than normal and not more than fifteen po…

(820 ILCS 245/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 264) Sec. 4. Every employer of workers in compressed air and every agent, foreman, manager or superintendent thereof in charge of such work, shall be responsible for the observance of this Act. (Source: Laws 1939, p. 614.)