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Hours Worked: Illinois

Hours Worked requirements for other states

Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.

Authors: Stuart R. Buttrick, Stacey Smiricky and Tareen Zafrullah, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Summary

Illinois's wage and hour law establishes criteria for determining whether certain activities - including break periods, on-call time and travel time - count as compensable working time. Illinois law also establishes day of rest requirements. This guide provides an in-depth review of Illinois employment law requirements with respect to hours worked.