(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EMPLOYEE. Any individual person permitted and/or hired to work by an employer regardless of the number of hours worked and of the number of persons the employer employs.
EMPLOYER. Any individual, partnership, association, firm, corporation, limited liability company, business trust or any person or group of persons employing or seeking to employ one ox more employees in, or having its principal place of business in, the city. The term EMPLOYER does not mean or include:
(a) The Government of the United States or a corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United States;
(b) An Indian tribe or a corporation wholly owned by an Indian tribe;
(c) The government of the state or any agency or department thereof; or
(d) Units of local government.
FEDERAL AND STATE LAW. Any and all applicable statutes and/or regulations of the United States and State of Illinois, as amended from time to time.
(B) Wage and sick leave laws.
(1) Employers shall comply with all federal and state laws governing the rate, eligibility, applicability, accrual, use or payment of/for sick leave and minimum wage.
(2) No employers shall have, or be obligated to adhere to, any additional or greater obligations with respect to sick leave or minimum wage than as required or established by federal and state law.
(3) Any additional obligation with respect to sick leave or minimum wages imposed by law (including county ordinances), other than federal and state law, upon any employer is hereby declared to be, and shall be deemed to be, in conflict with this section, and superseded and preempted hereby, and shall have no force, effect or applicability to such employer.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be deemed or interpreted as affecting or preventing an employer from imposing upon itself any additional or greater obligation with respect to sick leave or minimum wage voluntarily or by contract.
(Ord. 17-O-2181, passed 6-21-2017)