Public Act 099-0762
 
HB3554 EnrolledLRB099 10266 JLS 30492 b


  
    AN ACT concerning employment.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act is 
amended  by adding Section 11.5 as follows:
 
    (820 ILCS 115/11.5 new)
    Sec. 11.5. Departmental wage recovery; remittance to 
aggrieved employee.
    (a) Upon the recovery of unpaid wages, wage supplements, or 
final compensation from an employer that has violated this Act, 
the Department shall conduct a good faith search to find the 
aggrieved employee. If, after conducting a good faith search 
for the aggrieved employee, the Department is unable to find 
the aggrieved employee, the Department shall deposit the amount 
recovered into the Department of Labor Special State Trust 
Fund.
    (b) An aggrieved employee may make a request to the 
Department in order to recover unpaid wages, wage supplements, 
or final compensation that has been deposited into the 
Department of Labor Special State Trust Fund. The Department 
shall not require the employee to present a Social Security 
number or proof of United States citizenship. For the purpose 
of paying claims under this Section from the Department of 
Labor Special State Trust Fund to aggrieved employees, the 
Comptroller shall assign a vendor payment number to the 
Department. When an aggrieved employee makes a valid request 
for payment to the Department, the Department shall use the 
vendor payment number to process payment on behalf of the 
aggrieved employee.
    (c) The Department shall adopt rules for the administration 
of this Section.