Illinois Compiled Statutes

820 ILCS 105/1 (2026)

This Act is known and may be cited as the "Minimum Wage Law"

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(820 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 1001)
    Sec. 1. This Act is known and may be cited as the "Minimum Wage Law".
(Source: P.A. 77-1451.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 159 cases (45 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Gatreaux v. Dkw Enter., LLC, 958 N.E.2d 1088 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011).
Gatreaux v. Dkw Enter., LLC, 958 N.E.2d 1088 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “¶ 1 The plaintiffs, Burnell Gatreaux, Timothy Range and Frank Selby, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a class action complaint against the defendants, DKW Enterprises, LLC, KDW Enterprises LLC, KDW Western LLC, MRA Restaurants, Darrell Winbush…”
Brown v. DS Servs. of Am., Inc., 246 F. Supp. 3d 1206 (N.D. Ill. 2017). · cites it 2× “§§ 207 , 216, the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, 820 ILCS 105/1 et seq., the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, 820 ILCS 115/1 et seq.”
Villareal v. El Chile, Inc., 776 F. Supp. 2d 778 (N.D. Ill. 2011). · cites it 2× “, and Timoteo and Maria Manjarrez alleging defendants failed to pay their employees overtime and minimum wages in violation of the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (“IMWL”), 820 ILCS 105/1, et seq., and the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), 29 U.”
Robert Schaefer v. Walker Bros. Enter., Inc., 829 F.3d 551 (7th Cir. 2016). “§§ 201-19 , and its state equivalent the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, 820 ILCS 105/1 to 105/15. Federal and state laws provide that tips count toward the minimum wage and permit employers to pay less in the expectation that tips will make up the difference.”
Ervin v. OS Restaurant Servs., Inc., 632 F.3d 971 (7th Cir. 2011). “) The complaint alleges that Outback’s employee policies run afoul of the FLSA, the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, 820 ILCS 105/1 et seq. (“IMWL”), and the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, 820 ILCS 115/1 et seq.”
Rochell Mitchell v. JCG Indus., 745 F.3d 837 (7th Cir. 2014). · cites it 2× “§ 1367 (a)), made by the plaintiffs as the representatives of the class, that the employer’s conduct violates an overtime provision of the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, 820 ILCS 105/1 et seq. The federal law does not preempt the state law if the latter is more generous to…”
Urnikis-Negro v. Am. Fam. Prop. Servs., 616 F.3d 665 (7th Cir. 2010). “§ 216 (b), and the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, 820 ILCS 105/1, et seq., along with payment for unused vacation time pursuant to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, 820 ILCS 115/1, et seq.”
Bland v. Edward D. Jones & Co., 375 F. Supp. 3d 962 (E.D. Ill. 2019). “In addition, Plaintiffs seek the rescission of the TCR Provision (Count IV) and the disgorgement of funds under a theory of unjust enrichment (Count V). *972 A. FLSA Claims Plaintiffs allege five violations of the FLSA: (1) that the TCR Provision violated the FLSA's requirement…”
Mendez v. Perla Dental, 646 F.3d 420 (7th Cir. 2011). “, and the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, 820 ILCS 105/1 et seq. A jury found for Mendez on all claims and awarded Mendez compensatory and punitive damages, overtime damages, and lost wages.”
Hirst v. Skywest, Inc., 283 F. Supp. 3d 684 (E.D. Ill. 2017). “130, and the Illinois Minimum Wage Law ("IMWL"), § 820 ILCS 105/1 et seq. As this is a motion to dismiss, the Court accepts all well-pleaded facts as true and construes all inferences in favor of the plaintiff.”
Callahan v. City of Chicago, 813 F.3d 658 (7th Cir. 2016). “§§ 201-19 , and the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, 820 ILCS 105/1 to 105/15. Callahan contends that the City of Chicago must make up the difference.”
Reid v. Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of Am., 749 F.3d 581 (7th Cir. 2014). “Specifically, the Illinois Minimum Wage Law ("IMWL”), 820 ILCS 105/1, et seq., the Illinois Residential Mortgage License Act ("IRMLA”), 205 ILCS 635/1-1, et seq.”
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