A. Employers located within the Village shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and/or County laws and regulations, as such laws and regulations may exist from time to time, with regard to both the payment of minimum hourly wages and paid sick leave. Employee eligibility for paid sick leave and minimum hourly wages shall be in compliance with all applicable Federal, State and/or County laws and regulations, as such laws and regulations may exist from time to time.
B. By the adoption of this chapter on May 7, 2018, the Village opts into the Cook County minimum wage benefits ordinance established by Cook County ordinance number 16-5768 (An Ordinance Creating a Minimum Wage in Cook County) requiring a minimum wage to be paid to eligible employees by covered employers in Cook County in accordance with the provisions of said ordinance, and further opts into the Cook County sick leave benefits ordinance established by Cook County ordinance number 16-4229 requiring unpaid sick leave to be paid to eligible employees by covered employers in Cook County in accordance with the provisions of said ordinance. The adoption of this chapter repeals those portions of Village ordinance number 17-2891 that conflicts with Cook County ordinance numbers 16-4229 and 16-5768 with regard to the payment of paid sick leave or minimum hourly wages. Based on the repeal of Village ordinance number 17-2891, there shall be no retroactive application of the Cook County sick leave benefits ordinance and the Cook County minimum wage benefits ordinance established by Cook County ordinance numbers 16-4229 and 16-5768 requiring the payment of a minimum wage and unpaid sick leave to eligible employees by covered employers operating within the Village during the time period that the Village opted out of the Cook County minimum wage benefits ordinance or the Cook County sick leave benefits ordinance. Covered employers operating within the Village shall be obligated to commence payment of minimum wages and unpaid sick leave to eligible employees on Friday, May 18, 2018 in accordance with the Cook County minimum wage benefits ordinance and the Cook County sick leave benefits ordinance.
C. For the purposes of this section, the term "employee" means an individual permitted to work for an employer regardless of the number of persons the employer employs, and the term "employer" means any person employing one or more employees, or seeking to employ one 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 section, 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.
E. In the event that Cook County ordinance number 16-4229 and Cook County ordinance number 16-5768, or any other related, superseding Cook County ordinances, are repealed by Cook County or a court of final jurisdiction rules that they are void or they are superseded by the enactment of a State-wide Minimum Wage Law and Minimum Sick Leave Law, this chapter shall automatically be repealed upon the effective date of the repealing law, the final court ruling or the enactment of the State-wide Minimum Wage Law and Minimum Sick Leave Law that supersedes Cook County ordinance number 16-4229 and Cook County ordinance number 16-5768. (Ord. 18-2918, 5-7-2018, eff. 5-18-2018)