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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2982 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 105/4 from Ch. 48, par. 1004820 ILCS 105/9 from Ch. 48, par. 1009820 ILCS 105/11 from Ch. 48, par. 1011820 ILCS 115/4.1 Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2027, an employer shall not be entitled to an allowance for gratuities and shall pay each employee no less than the applicable minimum wage rate, including any minimum wage rate established by a municipality that is higher than the minimum wage rate provided in the Act. Provides for additional notice requirements that employers must provide to employees who receive gratuities. Provides that any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of any private employer who violates that provision shall be liable to the Department of Labor for a penalty of up to $1,500 per day for each violation, payable to the Department's Wage Theft Enforcement Fund. Provides that every employer shall provide each employee who receives gratuities a notice containing specified information concerning the rate of pay. Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that no employer shall withhold from gratuities paid by credit card any credit card processing fees that the employer must pay in connection with the transaction. Provides that any service charge imposed by an employer on a customer shall be a gratuity and is the property of the employees. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 08468 SPS 18520 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2982 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 820 ILCS 105/4 from Ch. 48, par. 1004820 ILCS 105/9 from Ch. 48, par. 1009820 ILCS 105/11 from Ch. 48, par. 1011820 ILCS 115/4.1 820 ILCS 105/4 from Ch. 48, par. 1004 820 ILCS 105/9 from Ch. 48, par. 1009 820 ILCS 105/11 from Ch. 48, par. 1011 820 ILCS 115/4.1 Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2027, an employer shall not be entitled to an allowance for gratuities and shall pay each employee no less than the applicable minimum wage rate, including any minimum wage rate established by a municipality that is higher than the minimum wage rate provided in the Act. Provides for additional notice requirements that employers must provide to employees who receive gratuities. Provides that any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of any private employer who violates that provision shall be liable to the Department of Labor for a penalty of up to $1,500 per day for each violation, payable to the Department's Wage Theft Enforcement Fund. Provides that every employer shall provide each employee who receives gratuities a notice containing specified information concerning the rate of pay. Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that no employer shall withhold from gratuities paid by credit card any credit card processing fees that the employer must pay in connection with the transaction. Provides that any service charge imposed by an employer on a customer shall be a gratuity and is the property of the employees. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 08468 SPS 18520 b LRB104 08468 SPS 18520 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2982 Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	820 ILCS 105/4 from Ch. 48, par. 1004820 ILCS 105/9 from Ch. 48, par. 1009820 ILCS 105/11 from Ch. 48, par. 1011820 ILCS 115/4.1 820 ILCS 105/4 from Ch. 48, par. 1004 820 ILCS 105/9 from Ch. 48, par. 1009 820 ILCS 105/11 from Ch. 48, par. 1011 820 ILCS 115/4.1
4	4	820 ILCS 105/4 from Ch. 48, par. 1004
5	5	820 ILCS 105/9 from Ch. 48, par. 1009
6	6	820 ILCS 105/11 from Ch. 48, par. 1011
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8	8	Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2027, an employer shall not be entitled to an allowance for gratuities and shall pay each employee no less than the applicable minimum wage rate, including any minimum wage rate established by a municipality that is higher than the minimum wage rate provided in the Act. Provides for additional notice requirements that employers must provide to employees who receive gratuities. Provides that any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of any private employer who violates that provision shall be liable to the Department of Labor for a penalty of up to $1,500 per day for each violation, payable to the Department's Wage Theft Enforcement Fund. Provides that every employer shall provide each employee who receives gratuities a notice containing specified information concerning the rate of pay. Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that no employer shall withhold from gratuities paid by credit card any credit card processing fees that the employer must pay in connection with the transaction. Provides that any service charge imposed by an employer on a customer shall be a gratuity and is the property of the employees. Effective July 1, 2025.
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14	14	1 AN ACT concerning employment.
15	15	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
16	16	3 represented in the General Assembly:
17	17	4 Section 1. This Act may be referred to as the One Fair Wage
18	18	5 with Tips on Top Act.
19	19	6 Section 5. The Minimum Wage Law is amended by changing
20	20	7 Sections 4, 9, and 11 as follows:
21	21	8 (820 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1004)
22	22	9 Sec. 4. (a)(1) Every employer shall pay to each of his
23	23	10 employees in every occupation wages of not less than $2.30 per
24	24	11 hour or in the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of
25	25	12 not less than $1.95 per hour, except as provided in Sections 5
26	26	13 and 6 of this Act, and on and after January 1, 1984, every
27	27	14 employer shall pay to each of his employees in every
28	28	15 occupation wages of not less than $2.65 per hour or in the case
29	29	16 of employees under 18 years of age wages of not less than $2.25
30	30	17 per hour, and on and after October 1, 1984 every employer shall
31	31	18 pay to each of his employees in every occupation wages of not
32	32	19 less than $3.00 per hour or in the case of employees under 18
33	33	20 years of age wages of not less than $2.55 per hour, and on or
34	34	21 after July 1, 1985 every employer shall pay to each of his
35	35	22 employees in every occupation wages of not less than $3.35 per
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40	40	820 ILCS 105/4 from Ch. 48, par. 1004820 ILCS 105/9 from Ch. 48, par. 1009820 ILCS 105/11 from Ch. 48, par. 1011820 ILCS 115/4.1 820 ILCS 105/4 from Ch. 48, par. 1004 820 ILCS 105/9 from Ch. 48, par. 1009 820 ILCS 105/11 from Ch. 48, par. 1011 820 ILCS 115/4.1
41	41	820 ILCS 105/4 from Ch. 48, par. 1004
42	42	820 ILCS 105/9 from Ch. 48, par. 1009
43	43	820 ILCS 105/11 from Ch. 48, par. 1011
44	44	820 ILCS 115/4.1
45	45	Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2027, an employer shall not be entitled to an allowance for gratuities and shall pay each employee no less than the applicable minimum wage rate, including any minimum wage rate established by a municipality that is higher than the minimum wage rate provided in the Act. Provides for additional notice requirements that employers must provide to employees who receive gratuities. Provides that any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of any private employer who violates that provision shall be liable to the Department of Labor for a penalty of up to $1,500 per day for each violation, payable to the Department's Wage Theft Enforcement Fund. Provides that every employer shall provide each employee who receives gratuities a notice containing specified information concerning the rate of pay. Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that no employer shall withhold from gratuities paid by credit card any credit card processing fees that the employer must pay in connection with the transaction. Provides that any service charge imposed by an employer on a customer shall be a gratuity and is the property of the employees. Effective July 1, 2025.
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76	76	1 hour or in the case of employees under 18 years of age wages of
77	77	2 not less than $2.85 per hour, and from January 1, 2004 through
78	78	3 December 31, 2004 every employer shall pay to each of his or
79	79	4 her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
80	80	5 occupation wages of not less than $5.50 per hour, and from
81	81	6 January 1, 2005 through June 30, 2007 every employer shall pay
82	82	7 to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older
83	83	8 in every occupation wages of not less than $6.50 per hour, and
84	84	9 from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008 every employer shall
85	85	10 pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or
86	86	11 older in every occupation wages of not less than $7.50 per
87	87	12 hour, and from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 every
88	88	13 employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
89	89	14 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
90	90	15 than $7.75 per hour, and from July 1, 2009 through June 30,
91	91	16 2010 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees
92	92	17 who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of
93	93	18 not less than $8.00 per hour, and from July 1, 2010 through
94	94	19 December 31, 2019 every employer shall pay to each of his or
95	95	20 her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
96	96	21 occupation wages of not less than $8.25 per hour, and from
97	97	22 January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, every employer shall
98	98	23 pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or
99	99	24 older in every occupation wages of not less than $9.25 per
100	100	25 hour, and from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 every
101	101	26 employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
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112	112	1 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
113	113	2 than $10 per hour, and from January 1, 2021 through December
114	114	3 31, 2021 every employer shall pay to each of his or her
115	115	4 employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation
116	116	5 wages of not less than $11 per hour, and from January 1, 2022
117	117	6 through December 31, 2022 every employer shall pay to each of
118	118	7 his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every
119	119	8 occupation wages of not less than $12 per hour, and from
120	120	9 January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 every employer shall
121	121	10 pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or
122	122	11 older in every occupation wages of not less than $13 per hour,
123	123	12 and from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, every
124	124	13 employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
125	125	14 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
126	126	15 than $14 per hour; and on and after January 1, 2025, every
127	127	16 employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18
128	128	17 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less
129	129	18 than $15 per hour.
130	130	19 (2) Unless an employee's wages are reduced under Section
131	131	20 6, then in lieu of the rate prescribed in item (1) of this
132	132	21 subsection (a), an employer may pay an employee who is 18 years
133	133	22 of age or older, during the first 90 consecutive calendar days
134	134	23 after the employee is initially employed by the employer, a
135	135	24 wage that is not more than 50 less than the wage prescribed in
136	136	25 item (1) of this subsection (a); however, an employer shall
137	137	26 pay not less than the rate prescribed in item (1) of this
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148	148	1 subsection (a) to:
149	149	2 (A) a day or temporary laborer, as defined in Section
150	150	3 5 of the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, who is 18
151	151	4 years of age or older; and
152	152	5 (B) an employee who is 18 years of age or older and
153	153	6 whose employment is occasional or irregular and requires
154	154	7 not more than 90 days to complete.
155	155	8 (3) At no time on or before December 31, 2019 shall the
156	156	9 wages paid to any employee under 18 years of age be more than
157	157	10 50 less than the wage required to be paid to employees who are
158	158	11 at least 18 years of age under item (1) of this subsection (a).
159	159	12 Beginning on January 1, 2020, every employer shall pay to each
160	160	13 of his or her employees who is under 18 years of age that has
161	161	14 worked more than 650 hours for the employer during any
162	162	15 calendar year a wage not less than the wage required for
163	163	16 employees who are 18 years of age or older under paragraph (1)
164	164	17 of subsection (a) of Section 4 of this Act. Every employer
165	165	18 shall pay to each of his or her employees who is under 18 years
166	166	19 of age that has not worked more than 650 hours for the employer
167	167	20 during any calendar year: (1) $8 per hour from January 1, 2020
168	168	21 through December 31, 2020; (2) $8.50 per hour from January 1,
169	169	22 2021 through December 31, 2021; (3) $9.25 per hour from
170	170	23 January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022; (4) $10.50 per hour
171	171	24 from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023; (5) $12 per
172	172	25 hour from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024; and (6)
173	173	26 $13 per hour on and after January 1, 2025.
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184	184	1 (b) No employer shall discriminate between employees on
185	185	2 the basis of sex or mental or physical disability, except as
186	186	3 otherwise provided in this Act by paying wages to employees at
187	187	4 a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees
188	188	5 for the same or substantially similar work on jobs the
189	189	6 performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and
190	190	7 responsibility, and which are performed under similar working
191	191	8 conditions, except where such payment is made pursuant to (1)
192	192	9 a seniority system; (2) a merit system; (3) a system which
193	193	10 measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or (4)
194	194	11 a differential based on any other factor other than sex or
195	195	12 mental or physical disability, except as otherwise provided in
196	196	13 this Act.
197	197	14 (c) Every employer of an employee engaged in an occupation
198	198	15 in which gratuities have customarily and usually constituted
199	199	16 and have been recognized as part of the remuneration for hire
200	200	17 purposes is entitled to an allowance for gratuities as part of
201	201	18 the hourly wage rate provided in Section 4, subsection (a) in
202	202	19 an amount as follows: not to exceed 40% of the applicable
203	203	20 minimum wage rate through June 30, 2025; not to exceed 20% of
204	204	21 the applicable minimum wage rate from July 1, 2025 through
205	205	22 June 30, 2026; and not to exceed 10% of the applicable minimum
206	206	23 wage rate from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. On and after
207	207	24 July 1, 2027, an employer shall not be entitled to an allowance
208	208	25 for gratuities and shall pay each employee no less than the
209	209	26 applicable minimum wage rate, including any minimum wage rate
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220	220	1 established by a municipality that is higher than the minimum
221	221	2 wage rate provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a). The
222	222	3 Director shall require each employer desiring an allowance for
223	223	4 gratuities to provide substantial evidence that the amount
224	224	5 claimed, which may not exceed a percentage of 40% of the
225	225	6 applicable minimum wage rate as provided in this Section, was
226	226	7 received by the employee in the period for which the claim of
227	227	8 exemption is made, and no part thereof was returned to the
228	228	9 employer, and that the employer provides, at the time of
229	229	10 payment, a written accounting of the hourly wages paid for
230	230	11 each shift worked during the pay period. An employer shall not
231	231	12 keep any gratuities received by an employee for any purpose or
232	232	13 allow a manager or a supervisor to keep any portion of an
233	233	14 employee's gratuities, regardless of whether or not the
234	234	15 employer takes an allowance for gratuities. Nothing in this
235	235	16 Section shall be construed to prohibit an otherwise valid
236	236	17 pooling of gratuities among non-managerial and non-supervisory
237	237	18 employees.
238	238	19 (d) No camp counselor who resides on the premises of a
239	239	20 seasonal camp of an organized not-for-profit corporation shall
240	240	21 be subject to the adult minimum wage if the camp counselor (1)
241	241	22 works 40 or more hours per week, and (2) receives a total
242	242	23 weekly salary of not less than the adult minimum wage for a
243	243	24 40-hour week. If the counselor works less than 40 hours per
244	244	25 week, the counselor shall be paid the minimum hourly wage for
245	245	26 each hour worked. Every employer of a camp counselor under
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256	256	1 this subsection is entitled to an allowance for meals and
257	257	2 lodging as part of the hourly wage rate provided in Section 4,
258	258	3 subsection (a), in an amount not to exceed 25% of the minimum
259	259	4 wage rate.
260	260	5 (e) A camp counselor employed at a day camp is not subject
261	261	6 to the adult minimum wage if the camp counselor is paid a
262	262	7 stipend on a onetime or periodic basis and, if the camp
263	263	8 counselor is a minor, the minor's parent, guardian or other
264	264	9 custodian has consented in writing to the terms of payment
265	265	10 before the commencement of such employment.
266	266	11 (Source: P.A. 101-1, eff. 2-19-19.)
267	267	12 (820 ILCS 105/9) (from Ch. 48, par. 1009)
268	268	13 Sec. 9. (a) Every employer subject to any provision of
269	269	14 this Act or of any regulations issued under this Act shall keep
270	270	15 a summary of this Act approved by the Director, and copies of
271	271	16 any applicable regulations issued under this Act or a summary
272	272	17 of such regulations, posted in a conspicuous and accessible
273	273	18 place in or about the premises wherever any person subject to
274	274	19 this Act is employed. Every employer subject to any provision
275	275	20 of this Act or any regulations issued under this Act with
276	276	21 employees who do not regularly report to a physical workplace,
277	277	22 such as employees who work remotely or travel for work, shall
278	278	23 also provide the summaries and regulations by email to its
279	279	24 employees or conspicuous posting on the employer's website or
280	280	25 intranet site, if such site is regularly used by the employer
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291	291	1 to communicate work-related information to employees and is
292	292	2 able to be regularly accessed by all employees, freely and
293	293	3 without interference. Employers shall be furnished copies of
294	294	4 such summaries and regulations by the State on request without
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296	296	6 (b) Every employer shall provide each employee who
297	297	7 receives gratuities, in writing in English and in the language
298	298	8 identified by each employee as the primary language of the
299	299	9 employee, at the time of hiring and at any time the employee's
300	300	10 compensation changes, a notice containing:
301	301	11 (1) the rate or rates of pay and basis thereof,
302	302	12 whether paid by the hour, shift, day, week, salary, or
303	303	13 other method, including overtime compensation rates for
304	304	14 non-exempt employees and allowances claimed as part of the
305	305	15 minimum wage, including gratuities;
306	306	16 (2) employees' rights to be compensated by their
307	307	17 employer at the rate prescribed in subsection (a) of
308	308	18 Section 4 when gratuities do not bring the employee to
309	309	19 that rate at the end of each shift;
310	310	20 (3) employee rights to retain gratuities as described
311	311	21 in this Act; and
312	312	22 (4) other relevant employee rights deemed necessary by
313	313	23 the Director by rule.
314	314	24 The Director shall prepare templates that comply with the
315	315	25 notice requirements of this subsection. The template shall
316	316	26 include the information required by this subsection in 2
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327	327	1 languages, including English and one additional language
328	328	2 determined by the Director based on the population of this
329	329	3 State that speaks the language and any other factor that the
330	330	4 Director deems relevant.
331	331	5 (Source: P.A. 103-201, eff. 1-1-24.)
332	332	6 (820 ILCS 105/11) (from Ch. 48, par. 1011)
333	333	7 Sec. 11. (a) Any employer or his agent, or the officer or
334	334	8 agent of any private employer who:
335	335	9 (1) hinders or delays the Director or his authorized
336	336	10 representative in the performance of his duties in the
337	337	11 enforcement of this Act; or
338	338	12 (2) refuses to admit the Director or his authorized
339	339	13 representative to any place of employment; or
340	340	14 (3) fails to keep the records required under this Act
341	341	15 or to furnish such records required or any information to
342	342	16 be furnished under this Act to the Director or his
343	343	17 authorized representative upon request; or
344	344	18 (4) fails to make and preserve any records as required
345	345	19 hereunder; or
346	346	20 (5) falsifies any such record; or
347	347	21 (6) refuses to make such records available to the
348	348	22 Director or his authorized representative; or
349	349	23 (7) refuses to furnish a sworn statement of such
350	350	24 records or any other information required for the proper
351	351	25 enforcement of this Act; or
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362	362	1 (8) fails to post a summary of this Act or a copy of
363	363	2 any applicable regulation as required by Section 9 of this
364	364	3 Act;
365	365	4 shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; and each day of such
366	366	5 failure to keep the records required under this Act or to
367	367	6 furnish such records or information to the Director or his
368	368	7 authorized representative or to fail to post information as
369	369	8 required herein constitutes a separate offense. Any such
370	370	9 employer who fails to keep payroll records as required by this
371	371	10 Act shall be liable to the Department for a penalty of $100 per
372	372	11 impacted employee, payable to the Department's Wage Theft
373	373	12 Enforcement Fund.
374	374	13 (a-5) Any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of
375	375	14 any private employer who violates any part of subsection (c)
376	376	15 of Section 4 shall be liable to the Department for a penalty of
377	377	16 up to $1,500 per day for each violation.
378	378	17 (b) Any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of
379	379	18 any private employer, who pays or agrees to pay to any employee
380	380	19 wages at a rate less than the rate applicable under this Act or
381	381	20 of any regulation issued under this Act is guilty of a Class B
382	382	21 misdemeanor, and each week on any day of which such employee is
383	383	22 paid less than the wage rate applicable under this Act
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385	385	24 (c) Any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of
386	386	25 any private employer, who discharges or in any other manner
387	387	26 discriminates against any employee because that employee has
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398	398	1 made a complaint to his employer, or to the Director or his
399	399	2 authorized representative, that he has not been paid wages in
400	400	3 accordance with the provisions of this Act, or because that
401	401	4 employee has caused to be instituted or is about to cause to be
402	402	5 instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act, or
403	403	6 because that employee has testified or is about to testify in
404	404	7 an investigation or proceeding under this Act, is guilty of a
405	405	8 Class B misdemeanor.
406	406	9 (d) It is the duty of the Department of Labor to inquire
407	407	10 diligently for any violations of this Act, and to institute
408	408	11 the action for penalties herein provided, and to enforce
409	409	12 generally the provisions of this Act.
410	410	13 (Source: P.A. 101-1, eff. 2-19-19.)
411	411	14 Section 10. The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act
412	412	15 is amended by changing Section 4.1 as follows:
413	413	16 (820 ILCS 115/4.1)
414	414	17 Sec. 4.1. Gratuities.
415	415	18 (a) Gratuities to employees are the property of the
416	416	19 employees, and employers shall not keep gratuities. Failure to
417	417	20 pay gratuities owed to an employee more than 13 days after the
418	418	21 end of the pay period in which such gratuities were earned
419	419	22 constitutes a violation of this Act.
420	420	23 (a-5) Any service charge imposed by an employer on a
421	421	24 customer shall be a gratuity as described in subsection (a)
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432	432	1 and is the property of the employees. An employer who imposes a
433	433	2 bona fide service charge on a customer shall explicitly and
434	434	3 conspicuously disclose to the consumer that all funds
435	435	4 generated from the service charge are directly given to the
436	436	5 employees in the form of a gratuity. Nothing in this
437	437	6 subsection shall be construed to prohibit an otherwise valid
438	438	7 pooling of gratuities.
439	439	8 (b) No employer shall withhold This Section does not
440	440	9 prohibit an employer from withholding from gratuities paid by
441	441	10 credit card a proportionate amount of any credit card
442	442	11 processing fees that the employer must pay in connection with
443	443	12 the transaction, provided that the amount withheld does not
444	444	13 exceed the proportion of the amount of the tip to the amount of
445	445	14 the overall bill, regardless of whether the overall bill was
446	446	15 paid using a credit card. This Section does not prohibit tip
447	447	16 pooling as permitted by law. This Section does not affect an
448	448	17 employer's entitlement to an allowance for gratuities to the
449	449	18 extent permitted under subsection (c) of Section 4 of the
450	450	19 Minimum Wage Law.
451	451	20 (Source: P.A. 101-509, eff. 1-1-20.)
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