Bill Text: IL SB2770 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. Provides that a covenant not to compete or a covenant not to solicit is void and illegal with respect to individuals employed in construction, regardless of whether an individual is covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0921 [SB2770 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2770-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Freedom to Work Act is amended by
changing Section 10 as follows:
(820 ILCS 90/10)
Sec. 10. Prohibiting covenants not to compete and
covenants not to solicit.
(a) No employer shall enter into a covenant not to compete
with any employee unless the employee's actual or expected
annualized rate of earnings exceeds $75,000 per year. This
amount shall increase to $80,000 per year beginning on January
1, 2027, $85,000 per year beginning on January 1, 2032, and
$90,000 per year beginning on January 1, 2037. A covenant not
to compete entered into in violation of this subsection is
void and unenforceable.
(b) No employer shall enter into a covenant not to solicit
with any employee unless the employee's actual or expected
annualized rate of earnings exceeds $45,000 per year. This
amount shall increase to $47,500 per year beginning on January
1, 2027, $50,000 per year beginning on January 1, 2032, and
$52,500 per year beginning on January 1, 2037. A covenant not
to solicit entered into in violation of this subsection is

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