butions from multiple employers into a single account. Provides that an enrollee in the Program may have both a Roth IRA and a Traditional IRA through the Program. Provides that the Board shall have the duty to assess the feasibility of agreements with other governmental entities, including other states and their agencies and instrumentalities, to achieve greater economies of scale through shared resources and to enter into those agreements if determined to be beneficial. Provides that an employer who fails without reasonable cause to enroll an employee in the Program within the time provided and fails to remit their contributions (rather than fails without reasonable cause to enroll an employee in the Program within the time provided) shall be subject to a penalty. Make changes in provisions concerning employer and employee information packets. Effective immediately. NEUTRAL SB 1976 (Peters/Evans) Workers Rights And Safety This bill creates the Illinois Workers’ Rights and Worker Safety Act which pertains not only to OSHA, but also to wage and hour law as well as coal mine safety law by establishing that after April 28, 2025, the Illinois Depart- ment of Labor (IDOL) and Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) may not alter, amend or revise state agency rules in a manner that is less stringent in protections of workers’ rights or safety as they existed prior to April 28, 2025. SB1976 SA#1 additionally, establishes that if the federal government revokes, repeals federal OSHA standards it would trigger IDOL to adopt OSHA federal rules. OPPOSED SB 2164 (Halpin/Delegado) Illinois Department Of Labor Elimination Of Procedural Due Process Bill This bill amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collections Act and 820 ILCS 115/11 by establishing that after that 35 days of the issuance of the final and binding administrative decision from IDOL from the ALJ, the final and binding administrative decision is a debt due and owed to the State and may be collected using all rem- edies under the law, including but not limited to those found in Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure. The findings, decisions, and order of the Department may be enforced in the same manner as any civil judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. SB2164 amends the penalties provision, 820 ILCS 115/14 in two ways. First, by establishing that a claim filed with IDOL and adjudicated through an administrative hearing, the damages of 5% (rather than 2%) shall ac- crue for each month that the underpayments remain unpaid until the date the final order and decision of the Department becomes a debt due and owed to the State. Secondly, for any employer who has been demanded or ordered by IDOL or the court to pay wages or final compensation, the employer shall be required to pay a nonwaivable administrative fee to the IDOL in the following amounts: • $500 rather than $250 if the amount order by IDOL as wages owed is $3K or less • $750 rather than $500 if the amount order by IDOL is more than $3K but less than $10K • $1,250 rather than $1K if the amount ordered by IDOL is $10K or more. OPPOSED SB 2487 (Johnson/Avelar) Human Rights- IDHR Conference Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Makes it discretionary rather than mandatory that the Department of Human Rights conduct a fact-finding conference. Provides that the amendatory applies to charges pending or filed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. NEUTRAL BILLS THAT MAY RESURFACE HB 3762 (Gonzalez) Workplace Extreme Temperature Safety Act This bill requires IDOL to adopt model rules establishing employer requirements with respect to heating and cooling standards for both indoor and outdoor workplaces. The parameters are based on thresholds of 80 degrees and above in heat and 40 degrees and below in cold. HB3762 requires IDOL to establish a detailed plan according to statute and authorizes rule making for this “occupational temperature related illness and injury prevention plan (“the plan”). 4 | END OF SESSION REPORT
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