Illinois Labor Laws

Illinois Labor Laws

The mission of the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is to promote and protect the rights, wages, welfare, working conditions, safety and health of Illinois workers through enforcement of state labor laws, to safeguard the public through regulation of amusement rides and to ensure compliance with all other labor standards.

IDOL is responsible for the administration and enforcement of more than 20 labor and safety laws.
The Department is organized into the following major areas:

• Fair Labor Standards
• Conciliation and Mediation
• Illinois OSHA
• Carnival and Amusement Ride Safety
• Legal
• Administration.

• IDOL Program Divisions

  Fair Labor Standards (FLS) Division
  FLS is responsible for the administration and enforcement of 9 state labor laws, including the Minimum Wage/Overtime Law, Wage Payment and Collection Act, Child Labor Law, and the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. The focus of the division is to ensure that workers are paid at the appropriate rate and in a timely manner, to assist workers in the collection of unpaid or underpaid wages and to protect minors and day laborers from harmful or abusive working conditions.
  Conciliation and Mediation (Con/Med) Division​
  Con/Med is responsible for the administration and enforcement of 4 state labor laws, including the Prevailing Wage Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Labor Arbitration Services Act and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN). The focus of the division is to ensure that workers are paid the appropriate prevailing wage rate on publicly-funded construction projects, to ensure that construction workers are not misclassified as independent contractors and to ensure workers are given 60 days advance notice of plant closings or mass layoffs. Con/Med also provides arbitration and mediation services to employers and unions upon request.
  Illinois OSHA
  
  Illinois OSHA protects the health and safety of public employees through the inspection, investigation and evaluation of public facilities and working conditions to ensure compliance with occupational safety and health standards and conducts educational and advisory activities to assure safe and healthy working conditions.
   
  The Illinois On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program was established to help Illinois businesses meet the Federal OSHA health and safety regulations. Our FREE consultation process is completely voluntary and primarily targeted for small to medium sized businesses.
   
  Carnival and Amusement Ride Safety Division
  The Carnival Safety division is responsible for the annual inspection of amusement rides and amusement attractions that are open to the public to ensure that safety standards are met, including criminal history records checks and sex offender registry checks on carnival workers employed in Illinois.
  Legal Division​
  The Legal Division is responsible for providing legal advice to the Director and each division, oversees all legal functions of IDOL and conducts informal investigative hearings, as well as formal administrative hearings on the statutes enforced by the Department. The division is also responsible for enforcing the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act and the Personnel Records Review Act.
  Administration
  The Administration Division provides support services and overall administrative resources to each of the program divisions. These support services include legislative, fiscal and budget management, procurement, electronic data processing, personnel, ethics and affirmative action.