2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH › 20 ILCS 1015/ - Public Employment Office Act.

(20 ILCS 1015/0.01) (from Ch. 48, par. 172.90)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Public Employment Office Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(20 ILCS 1015/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 173)
Sec. 1. Public employment offices; establishment. The Department of
Employment Security is authorized to establish
and maintain State employment offices as provided in Section 1705 of the Unemployment Insurance Act for the purpose of
receiving
applications of persons seeking employment and applications of persons
seeking to employ labor.
(Source: P.A. 97-621, eff. 11-18-11.)
(20 ILCS 1015/1a) (from Ch. 48, par. 174)
Sec. 1a. 
		Unemployment; investigate and remedy. 
		The State Department of
Employment Security shall promote
the efficiency of the Illinois Public Employment
Offices, investigate the extent and causes of unemployment and its
remedies, and devise and adopt the most effectual means within
the Department's
power
to provide employment and to prevent distress and involuntary idleness, and
for that purpose the Department may cooperate with similar bureaus and
commissions of other states, with the Federal employment office in the
Department of Labor, and with any municipal employment bureaus and
exchanges.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
(20 ILCS 1015/1c) (from Ch. 48, par. 176)
Sec. 1c. 
		Cooperation of employers. 
		The Department of Employment Security
shall place itself in
communication with
large employers of labor, including municipal and other public authorities,
and attempt to bring about such cooperation and coordination between them
by the dovetailing of industries, by long time contracts, or otherwise, as
will most effectually distribute and utilize the available supply of labor
and keep it employed with the greatest possible constancy and regularity.
The Department shall devise plans of operation with this object in
view and shall
seek to induce the organization of concerted movements in this direction.
The Department shall also endeavor to enlist the aid of the
federal government in
extending these movements beyond the State.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
(20 ILCS 1015/1d) (from Ch. 48, par. 177)
Sec. 1d. 
The Department of Employment Security, through the several free employment
offices, in cooperation with the Department of Corrections, shall seek to provide proper employment opportunities for discharged convicts or
prisoners, and shall assist such discharged prisoners to retain suitable
employment for such reasonable time as will afford such prisoners an
opportunity to become self-reliant. In no instance shall there be any
misrepresentation as to the records of persons for whom employment is
sought, under the provisions of this Section.
The Department of Employment Security through the several free employment
offices shall also co-operate with the Department of Corrections to secure
suitable employment for paroled convicts or prisoners and to help them
retain such employment during the period of their parole and for such
reasonable time thereafter as shall afford such convicts or prisoners an
opportunity to become self-reliant.
(Source: P.A. 97-136, eff. 7-14-11.)
(20 ILCS 1015/2)
Sec. 2. Persons unjustly imprisoned; job search and placement services. Each local office of the Department shall provide each person to whom this Section applies with job search and placement services, including assessment, resume assistance, interview preparation, occupational and labor market information, referral to employers with job openings to which the person is suited and referral to such job training and education program providers as may be appropriate and available through the  partnering agencies with which the local office is affiliated. This Section applies to a person who has been discharged from a prison of this State if the person received a pardon from the Governor stating that such pardon is issued on the ground of innocence of the crime for which he or she was imprisoned or he or she has received a certificate of innocence from the Circuit Court as provided in Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 95-970, eff. 9-22-08.)
(20 ILCS 1015/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 179)
Sec. 3. 
		Employment offices; signs; registration. 
		The Department of
Employment Security shall
open and maintain offices as appropriate for the purpose intended.
Upon the outside of each office, in position and manner to secure the
fullest public attention, shall be placed a sign that reads in the
English language, "Illinois Public Employment Office also
known
as the Job Service". The
Department shall receive and register the names of all persons applying for
employment or help, designating opposite the names and addresses of each
applicant the character of employment or help desired together with such other
facts
as may be required or used by
the Department.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
(20 ILCS 1015/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 180)
Sec. 4. 
		Reports to U.S. 
		Department of Labor.  The Department of
Employment Security shall make available to
the U.S. Department of Labor such reports of application
for labor or employment, and other details of the work of each office and
the expenses of maintaining the same, and shall perform such other duties
in the collection of statistics of labor as the U.S. Department of Labor may
require.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
(20 ILCS 1015/4a) (from Ch. 48, par. 181)
Sec. 4a. 
		(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-98.)
(20 ILCS 1015/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 182)
Sec. 5. 
		Advertisements. 
		The Department of Employment Security shall
immediately put itself in
communication with the principal manufacturers, merchants, and other
employers of labor, and use all diligence in securing the cooperation of
those employers of labor, with the purpose and objects of the
employment
offices. To this end the Department may advertise in the columns of
newspapers, or other mediums, for such situations as it has applicants to
fill, and it may advertise in a general way for the cooperation of large
contractors and employers in such trade journals or special publications as
reach those employers, whether the trade or special
journals are published
within the State of Illinois or not.
Full information shall be given to applicants regarding the existence of
any strike or lockout in the establishment of any employer seeking workers
through the Illinois Public Employment Offices.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
(20 ILCS 1015/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 183)
Sec. 7. 
No fee or compensation shall be charged or received directly or
indirectly from persons applying for employment or help through said free
employment offices, and any officer or employee of the Department of
Employment Security who shall accept, directly or indirectly any fee or
compensation from any applicant or from his or her representative shall be
guilty of a Class C misdemeanor, except that this Section does not prohibit referral of an individual to an apprenticeship program that is approved by and registered with the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training and charges an application fee of $50 or less. This Section does not prohibit the Department from attending or promoting hiring events hosted by someone other than the Department, at which an admission fee is charged, if neither the Department nor employees of the Department receive any portion of the fee in connection with the event.
(Source: P.A. 101-423, eff. 1-1-20.)
(20 ILCS 1015/8) (from Ch. 48, par. 184)
Sec. 8. 
		
		The term "Applicant for employment" as used in this act shall be
construed to mean any person seeking work of any lawful character, and
"applicant for help" shall mean any person or persons seeking help in any
legitimate enterprise; and nothing in this act shall be construed to limit
the meaning of the term work to manual occupation, but it shall include
professional service and all other legitimate service.
(Source: Laws 1903, p. 194.)
(20 ILCS 1015/8.1) (from Ch. 48, par. 184.1)
Sec. 8.1. 
		Farmworkers. 
		The Department of Employment Security shall
proscribe the
recruitment by Illinois employers of farmworkers
unless the employer files a statement with
the Job Service and the Department setting
forth the
terms and conditions, and the existence of any strike or other
concerted stoppage, slowdown, or interruption of operations by employees
of that employer at the site of the proposed employment, directly
relating to the employment offered to the farmworkers so recruited.
A copy of the statement in English and the language in
which the farmworker is fluent shall be given to each farmworker
prior to recruitment by the employer so recruiting.
The statement shall be made on a form provided to employers by the Job Service
on request.  A copy of this statement, in both
English and the languages in which the farmworkers are fluent,
shall be posted by the employer in a conspicuous location at the place of
residence or employment of the recruited persons.  As used in this Section
and Section 8.2, "farmworker" means any person who moves seasonally from
one place to another, within or without the State, for the purpose of
obtaining employment relating to the planting, raising, or harvesting of
any
agricultural or horticultural commodities, or the handling, packing, or
processing of those commodities on the farm where produced or at
the place
of first processing after leaving that farm.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
(20 ILCS 1015/8.2) (from Ch. 48, par. 184.2)
Sec. 8.2. 
		
		Each farmworker recruited for employment pursuant to Section 8.1 shall be
provided with a written summary of the laws of the State of Illinois
relevant to his employment.  The summary shall be both in English and
the language in which the farmworker is fluent.  The summary shall include,
but is not limited to, explanations of
Illinois law regarding payments of wages, wage assignments, wage deduction
orders and migrant labor camps.
(Source: P.A. 79-901.)
(20 ILCS 1015/8.3) (from Ch. 48, par. 184.3)
Sec. 8.3. 
		Report of violations. 
		Each local office of the Job Service shall
transmit to the Attorney General of the State of Illinois and to the
appropriate State's Attorney allegations of violations of Sections 8.1 and
8.2. Any such violation shall be punished as a Class A misdemeanor.
(Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)
(20 ILCS 1015/13) (from Ch. 48, par. 186)
Sec. 13. 
		(Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 83-1503.  Repealed by P.A. 90-572, eff. date - See Sec.
99-5.)
(20 ILCS 1015/14) (from Ch. 48, par. 186.1)
Sec. 14. 
		
		The Department of Employment Security shall cooperate and
enter into any necessary agreements with the Department of Human Services for
the provision of job placement and job referral
services to the rehabilitation services clients of the Department of
Human
Services, including job service registration of such clients with Illinois
Employment Security offices and making job listings
maintained by the Department available to such clients.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
(20 ILCS 1015/15) (from Ch. 48, par. 186.2)
Sec. 15. 
		
		The Department of Employment Security shall cooperate and
enter into any necessary agreements with any entity providing services as
prescribed under Section 1 of "An Act in relation to the provision of
assistance to certain persons, amending Acts named therein", enacted
by the 85th General Assembly, and Section 12-4.29 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code for the provision of job testing, job placement and job referral
services to the clients of such entities, including job service
registration of such clients with Illinois Employment Security offices and
making job listings maintained by the Department available to such clients.
(Source: P.A. 85-943.)