Written by Delgado Staff Friday, 30 July 2010 15:04
"This legislation was brought to me by the Chicago Workers’ Collaborative and Working Hands Legal Clinic," Senator Delgado said. "The change in the administrative procedure at the Department of Labor would streamline the process and allow for the efficient resolution of small claims." Senate Bill 3568 gives the Department of Labor the power to establish an administrative procedure to process claims when an employee is not paid their earned wages in a timely manner. The employee will have the ability, through the Department, to recover their pay by either filing a claim with the Department of Labor or through a civil action, but not both. The Department of Labor and the Attorney General were involved in the drafting of this legislation. The main goal of this measure is to allow for the creation of an administrative procedure within the Department of Labor to resolve small claims under the Act. Currently, such claims take too much time to work through the system because they must be investigated by the Department of Labor and then prosecuted by the Attorney General. 
SPRINGFIELD, IL –Governor Quinn signed legislation into law today sponsored by Illinois State Senator William Delgado (D-Chicago) which will allow employees to collect their unpaid wages from their employers.
Senator Delgado Menu
2nd District
Years served: 1999 - 2006 (House); 2006 - Present (Senate)
Committee assignments: Human Services; Appropriations I; Public Health (Chairperson); Consumer Protection (Vice-Chairperson); Executive Appointments; Committee of the Whole; Joint Comm. on Government Reform; Subcommittee on Amendments.
Biography: Full-time state legislator; born in Newark, NJ.; B.A. in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University; Leadership Chairman of the 2nd Legislative District's Volunteer Political Organization; married (wife, Iris), has two children.
