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820 ILCS 105/8 (2026)

Every employer subject to any provision of this Act or of any order issued under this Act shall make and keep for a period of not less than 3 years, true and accurate records of the name, address and occupation of each of his employees, the rate of pay, and the amount paid each pay period to each employee, the hours worked each day in each work week by each employee, and such other information and make such reports therefrom to the Director as the Director may by regulation prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act or of the regulations thereunder

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(820 ILCS 105/8) (from Ch. 48, par. 1008)
    Sec. 8. Every employer subject to any provision of this Act or of any order issued under this Act shall make and keep for a period of not less than 3 years, true and accurate records of the name, address and occupation of each of his employees, the rate of pay, and the amount paid each pay period to each employee, the hours worked each day in each work week by each employee, and such other information and make such reports therefrom to the Director as the Director may by regulation prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this Act or of the regulations thereunder. Such records shall be open for inspection or transcription by the Director or his authorized representative at any reasonable time as limited by paragraph (a) of Section 7 of this Act. Every employer shall furnish to the Director or his authorized representative on demand a sworn statement of such records and information upon forms prescribed or approved by the Director. Each worker employed at the learner rate must be designated as such on the payroll record kept by the employer, with the learner's occupation shown.
(Source: P.A. 77-1451.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2001–2018 · leading case: People Ex Rel. Dept. of Labor v. K. Reinke, Jr. & Co., 746 N.E.2d 12 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001).
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People Ex Rel. Dept. of Labor v. K. Reinke, Jr. & Co., 746 N.E.2d 12 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “Defendants argue that no statute of limitations in section 12(b) is inconsistent with section 8’s requirement that employers keep pay records for employees for a minimum of three years (820 ILCS 105/8 (West 1998)). However, a five-year statute of limitations, which defendants…”
Resurrection Home Health Servs. v. Shannon, 2013 IL App (1st) 111605 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “See 820 ILCS 105/8 (West 2004). Therefore, the order was an abuse of discretion and must be reversed and vacated.”
Magpayo v. Advocate Health Care Network (N.D. Ill. 2018). “§ 211 (c); 820 ILCS 105/8; Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co.”
People ex rel . Dept. of Labor v. K. Reinke, Jr. & Co. (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). “Defendants argue that no statute of limitations in section 12(b) is inconsistent with section 8's requirement that employers keep pay records for employees for a minimum of three years (820 ILCS 105/8 (West 1998)). However, a five-year statute of limitations, which defendants…”
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