Updated: 01/02/2025
Illinois Dept. of Public Health | Division of Environmental Health
Day and Residential Camps
Youth Camp Act, 210 Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) 100, Chapter 11 ½
Youth Camp Code, Illinois Administrative Code, Title 77, Part 810
Day Care Centers
Background checks required for Day Care Centers; see Definitions and Appendix B in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 385
Illinois State Police
Bureau of Identification
260 North Chicago Street
Joliet, Illinois 60431-1060
(815)740-5216
Criminal Identification Act, 20 Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) 2630
- Criminal Record Current Fee Schedule
An individual can request a driving record in person at a Driver Services Facility or by writing the Secretary of State in Springfield.
- Fee of $20
State: $15.00 per hour
City of Chicago: $16.20 per hour (for employers with 4-20 workers)
Covers employers with 4 or more nonexempt employees, excluding the employer’s family.
Exemptions: certain camp counselors; members of religious organizations
$14.50/hour for adults age 18 or older for first 90 calendar days of employment .
$13.00/hour for minors under age 18 | City of Chicago: $15.00/hour
Less than minimum wage permitted for handicapped, disabled, or elderly employees with special license; full minimum wage required if individual’s production level equals that of non-disadvantaged employees.
1½ times regular rate after 40-hour week.
Agricultural workers; public sector employees who are FLSA-exempt; bona fide executive, administrative, or professional employees as defined by the FLSA (nonprofit corporations may adopt a lower rate standard than federal law for these employees); those employed instead of another under a worktime exchange agreement between employees; certain employees of nonprofit educational or residential child care institutions
Meal period: 20 minutes taken during first 5 hours of scheduled shifts of 7½ or more consecutive hours, unless collective bargaining agreement provides otherwise; excludes employees who monitor individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses, or both, who, in the course of such work, are required to be on call during an entire 8 hour work period (but such employees must be allowed to eat a meal during the 8-hour work period while continuing to monitor those individuals).
Minors under age 16: 30-minute meal period if scheduled to work for 5 continuous hours.
One Day Rest In Seven Act | Requires employers to provide employees a minimum of 24 hours of rest within every consecutive 7-day period
820 Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) 105/4a, 140/3, 140/3.1, 205/4
Illinois Child Passenger Safety
Child Safety Seat Guidelines | Illinois Child Passenger Protection Act
