Double whammy—Employers engaged in systematic wage theft best beware
By Glenn R. Gaffney
Labor and Employment Law,
March 2011
Effective January 1, 2011, new amendments to the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act establish a two percent penalty of the unpaid wages due an employee for each month of underpaymen, and also now provides that employees need not file a claim with the Department of Labor prior to filing a private right of action.
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