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820 ILCS 115/1 (2026)

This Act applies to all employers and employees in this State, including employees of units of local government and school districts, but excepting employees of the State or Federal governments

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(820 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 39m-1)
    Sec. 1. This Act applies to all employers and employees in this State, including employees of units of local government and school districts, but excepting employees of the State or Federal governments.
(Source: P.A. 84-883.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 315 cases (98 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: Watts v. ADDO Mgmt., L.L.C., 2018 IL App (1st) 170201 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
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Watts v. ADDO Mgmt., L.L.C., 2018 IL App (1st) 170201 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 7× “¶ 1 The plaintiffs, Kenneth Watts and Gavie Wofford, appeal from the circuit court's order dismissing their second amended complaint pursuant to section 2-615 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (Code) ( 735 ILCS 5/2-615 (West 2014) ) for failure to state a cause of action…”
Clemons v. Mech. Devices Co., 781 N.E.2d 1072 (Ill. 2002). · cites it 4× “Plaintiff, Dennis Clemons, filed a motion to amend his complaint against defendant, Mechanical Devices Company, to add a count alleging retaliatory discharge for exercising his rights under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (Wage Act) (820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (West…”
Brown v. DS Servs. of Am., Inc., 246 F. Supp. 3d 1206 (N.D. Ill. 2017). · cites it 3× “, the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, 820 ILCS 115/1 et seq., and the Illinois Personnel Record Review Act, 820 ILCS 40/0.”
Liaquat Khan v. Van Remmen, Inc., 756 N.E.2d 902 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 3× “Plaintiff sought recovery under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (Wage Act or Act) (820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (West 1998)) and under the theories of breach of contract and promissory estoppel.”
Andrews v. Kowa Printing Corp., 838 N.E.2d 894 (Ill. 2005). · cites it 2× “Chief Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court: Plaintiffs, 35 former union employees of Kowa Printing Corporation, brought an action under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (the Wage Act) (820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (West 2004)) against defendants, Kowa Printing…”
Cress v. Rec. Servs., Inc., 795 N.E.2d 817 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff brought the following six counts in his complaint: count I (claim against RSI for breach of contract); count II (claim against RSI for violating the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (Wage Payment Act) (820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (West 2000))); count III (claim…”
Doherty v. Kahn, 682 N.E.2d 163 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 3× “On appeal, plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in dismissing his actions for: (1) securities fraud; (2) defamation; (3) tortious interference with contract and/or prospective economic advantage; (4) back pay based on the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (820…”
Gatreaux v. Dkw Enter., LLC, 958 N.E.2d 1088 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “(West 2006)) and the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (West 2006)). Before the plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification, the defendants made a tender to each of the three named plaintiffs of "all amounts allegedly due to each such…”
Rocha v. Rudd, 826 F.3d 905 (7th Cir. 2016). “Their key allegation was that FedEx had misclassified them as independent contractors, thereby denying them protections under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (“IWPCA”), 820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. Later that year, Fluegel was consolidated with other cases in a…”
Thomas Adams v. Richard Catrambone & Great Lakes Bldg. Materials, Inc., 359 F.3d 858 (7th Cir. 2004). · cites it 2× “” 820 ILCS 115/1 (West 1999 & Supp.2003). Relying entirely on Glass v.”
Elsener v. Brown, 2013 IL App (2d) 120209 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 3× “In counts I and II, plaintiff brought claims under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (Wage Act) (820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (West 2010)) against both BBL and defendant.”
Clemons v. Mech. Devices Co., 684 N.E.2d 1344 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 4× “Mechanical appeals, arguing that the trial court erred by (1) admitting evidence regarding the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (Wage Act) (820 ILCS 115/1 et seq. (West 1994)) and instructing the jury on portions of that act; (2) allowing a lay witness to interpret…”
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