Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Service Act Poster

State of Illinois
Department of Labor

DAY AND TEMPORARY
LABOR SERVICES ACT
TEMPORARY
WORKER RIGHTS 
CORRECT WAGES AND
PAYMENT NOTICE 

You have the right to be paid correctly based
on your pay rate and hours worked and in
accordance with all applicable wage laws.
The Day and Temporary Labor Services Agency
must provide you with a detailed statement with
the name and contact information for each thirdparty client where you worked, number of hours
worked at each client company’s worksite each
day, your rate of pay for each hour worked, total
pay period earnings, and all deductions.

SAFETY AND HAZARD TRAINING 
On or before your first day working at a client
company each year, the Day and Temporary
Labor Services Agency must give you general
safety training for the client company’s worksite.
The training will cover all known and existing
hazards, including hazards reported to the client
company or the Day and Temporary Labor
Services Agency by a worker. Training will be
provided at no cost to you, and you must be paid
for time spent in training.

RIGHT TO REFUSE ASSIGNMENT
DUE TO A LABOR DISPUTE 

You have the right to refuse assignment to the
client company’s worksite or location where
there is a strike, lockout, or other labor trouble
without being retaliated against by your Day and
Temporary Labor Services Agency.

TRANSPORTATION 

If your Day and Temporary Labor Services Agency
or client company provides transportation to
a worksite or refers you to a particular person,
company, or carpool that provides transportation
to a worksite, you cannot be charged for that
transportation.

EQUAL PAY

A worker that is assigned to work at a client
company and performs work at the same
client company for more than 720 hours within
a 12-month period, has a right to be paid not
less than the straight time hourly rate of pay or
hourly equivalent of a directly hired employee
who is entitled to overtime, provided that the
worker performs the same or substantially
similar work.
If there is not a directly hired employee
performing the same or substantially similar
work, a worker has a right to be paid not less
than the straight time hourly rate of pay or
hourly equivalent of the lowest paid directly
hired employee who is entitled to overtime.

DAY AND TEMPORARY
LABOR AGENCIES’
RESPONSIBILITIES
REQUIRED NOTICE 

Each Day and Temporary Labor Services Agency
shall post this notice in an area easily accessible to
all workers at each work location or branch office.

WAGE PAYMENT AND
NOTICE TO THE WORKER 

A Day and Temporary Labor Services Agency shall
provide, on a paycheck stub, a detailed statement
with the following: 
•	 contact information about each client
company where the laborer worked
•	 number of hours worked at each client
company’s worksite each day
•	 rate of pay for each hour worked
•	 total pay period earnings
•	 all deductions
The Day and Temporary Labor Services Agency
shall also provide each worker an annual earnings
summary within a reasonable time after the
preceding calendar year.
Temporary workers have the right to request that
their Day and Temporary Labor Services Agency
issue weekly, bi-weekly, or semi- monthly checks.

TRANSPORTATION 

Day and Temporary Labor Services Agencies are
responsible for the conduct of drivers providing
transportation for workers unless an exception
applies in the Act.

REGISTRATION 

Day and Temporary Labor Services Agencies
must register with the Illinois Department of Labor.
Registration information is available online at
labor.illinois.gov/idtlsa

PLACEMENT FEES

Conversion or Placement fees cannot be
charged by an agency after a laborer has
performed work for 60 days at a thirdparty client.

COMPLAINTS

To file a complaint or report a violation with the
Department of Labor, visit labor.illinois.gov or call
toll-free at

1-877-314-7052

ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT
OF LABOR

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