(A) Employers located within the Village shall comply with all applicable Federal and/or State laws and regulations as such laws and regulations may exist from time to time with regard to the payment of minimum hourly wages. Employee eligibility for minimum hourly wages shall be in compliance with all applicable Federal and/or State laws and regulations as such laws and regulations may exist from time to time.
(B) No additional obligations with regard to minimum hourly wages imposed by any ordinance adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall apply to any employer located within the Village, the Village hereby opts out of any such ordinance(s) adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and this Chapter of Title 7 of the Village Code is declared to conflict with any such ordinance(s) adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that imposes additional obligations with regard to minimum hourly wages.
(C) For the purposes of this Chapter, the term "employee" means an individual permitted to work by an employer regardless of the number of persons the employer employs, and the term "employer" means any person employing one (1) or more employees, or seeking to employ one (1) or more employees, if the person has its principal place of business within the Village or does business within the Village.
(D) For the purposes of this Chapter, the term "employer" does not mean:
1. The government of the United States or a corporation wholly owned by the government of the United States;
2. An Indian tribe or a corporation wholly owned by an Indian tribe;
3. The government of the State or any agency or department thereof; or
4. Any unit of government. (Ord. 5192, 6-5-17)