(820 ILCS 240/0.01) (from Ch. 48, par. 250.9)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Industrial Home Work Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

    (820 ILCS 240/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 251)
    Sec. 1. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words and phrases herein defined are used in this Act in the sense given them in the following definitions:
    (1) The phrase "industrial home work" means the processing in a home or any part of a home of any article or articles, the material for which has been furnished by an employer, except any article or articles which are being processed solely for the consumption, wearing or use of persons residing in the home where the work is performed.
    (2) The phrase "to process" means to manufacture, finish, repair, prepare, or handle, any material or objects in whole or in part.
    (3) The word "employer" means any person who distributes materials or objects, directly or indirectly to a home for the purpose of having such materials or objects processed and thereafter returned to him; such processed materials or objects not intended for his personal use or any member of his family.
    (4) The word "home" means any building or part of any building where a person regularly resides.
    (5) The phrase "industrial home worker" means a person employed in industrial home work.
    (6) The word "effective," when applied to a permit, certificate or license means that the permit, certificate or license has not been revoked or suspended, and is applicable to the industrial home work performed.
    (7) The word "Department" means the Department of Labor.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 552.)

    (820 ILCS 240/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 252)
    Sec. 2. The following kinds of industrial home work are hereby prohibited:
    A. The processing of articles of food or drink.
    B. The processing of drugs or poisons.
    C. The processing and preparation of medical and surgical bandages and dressings, sanitary napkins, and cotton batting.
    D. The processing of fireworks, explosives and articles of similar character.
    E. The processing and preparation of toys and dolls.
    F. The processing and preparation of tobacco.
    G. The processing of metal springs.
    H. The processing of any other article which is determined by the Department, after notice and hearing as provided in Section 3.1, to be injurious to the health or welfare of the industrial home workers in the industry, or to the health or welfare of the public, or which renders unduly difficult the maintenance or enforcement of labor standards established by law or regulation for factory workers in the industry.
(Source: Laws 1953, p. 1880.)

    (820 ILCS 240/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 253)
    Sec. 3. The Department is charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this Act, and may make, promulgate and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Act as may be deemed expedient. The violation of any rule or regulation so prescribed shall be punished by revocation or suspension of any permit, certificate or license issued under this Act, all such penalties to be imposed only after due notice and opportunity to be heard.
    While engaged in the enforcement of the provisions of this Act, the agents and employees of the Department are empowered and authorized to enter any home, house, dwelling, tenement, factory, shop or other building and to examine all records, books and registers that may be required to be kept by the provisions of this Act. In connection with such enforcement, the Department may make an investigation of any industry which employs industrial home workers in order to determine whether the conditions of employment of industrial home workers in the industry are injurious to their health and welfare or whether the conditions of employment of the industrial home workers have the effect of rendering unduly difficult the maintenance and enforcement of health and safety standards established by law or regulation for factory workers in the industry.
(Source: Laws 1953, p. 1880.)

    (820 ILCS 240/3.1) (from Ch. 48, par. 253.1)
    Sec. 3.1. If, on the basis of information in its possession, with or without an investigation, the Department shall find that industrial home work can not be continued within an industry without injuring the health and welfare of the industrial home workers within that industry, or the health and welfare of the public, or without rendering unduly difficult the maintenance or enforcement of health and safety standards established by law or regulation for factory workers in that industry, the Department shall by order declare such industrial home work unlawful and require all employers in the industry to discontinue the furnishing within this State of materials and articles for industrial home work, and no permit, certificate or license theretofore issued in relation to such industrial home work shall be valid.
    Before making such order, the Department shall hold a public hearing or hearings at which an opportunity to be heard shall be afforded to any employer, or representative of employers, and any industrial home worker, or representative of industrial home workers, and any other person having an interest in the subject matter of the hearing. A public notice of each hearing shall be given at least thirty (30) days before the hearing is held in such manner as may be determined by the Department. The hearing or hearings shall be in such place or places as the Department deems most convenient to the affected employers and home workers.
    If the Department determines to issue the order to discontinue industrial home work it shall determine and fix the effective date thereof which shall be not less than ninety (90) days after the date of its promulgation. The order shall set forth the type or types of industrial home work which are prohibited on and after its effective date.
    Provided, that if the Department determines that the conditions upon which the order was based are subject to correction by the employer or home workers it shall permit the employer or home workers to correct the same and to submit a petition for the vacation of the order. If the Department, upon the basis of an investigation, determines that the conditions have been corrected, it shall vacate the order of prohibition. The petition for vacation shall be filed not later than 30 days prior to the effective date of the order of prohibition and the Department shall make its investigation and determination prior to said date. If after such vacation of an order the Department, after an investigation, determines that there has been a recurrence of any or all of the conditions upon which the order of prohibition was based, it shall, after notice and hearing, enter an order to discontinue industrial home work as herein provided, which order shall be binding upon all employers and home workers engaged in the type of industrial home work specified in the order.
(Source: P.A. 84-1438.)

    (820 ILCS 240/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 254)
    Sec. 4. Before any premises may be used for the purposes of industrial home work the owner of the said premises shall file with the Department, in the prescribed form, an application for a Sanitary Permit for which no charge shall be made; upon receiving such application, the Department shall make an inspection of the premises to determine if the following conditions are satisfied:
    1. There shall be for each person employed not less than 40 square feet of floor space and not less than 300 feet of cubic air space.
    2. The ventilation of the workrooms of every kind and description shall provide a supply of not less than 2,000 cubic feet of fresh outside air for each person in each hour that such workroom is so occupied.
    3. Every such workroom shall be heated during the winter months or at such other times as such heating may be necessary to a temperature not less than 70 F., and this temperature shall be maintained while such workroom is occupied.
    4. That no building or part thereof shall be used as a workroom when the floors and walls of such building or part thereof are continuously damp or when such building or part thereof is permeated by noxious gases or exhalations, which may be detrimental to health.
    5. No building or part thereof shall be used as a workroom unless properly lighted during working hours, so that those working therein shall not be subjected to eyestrain at any time during said working hours.
    If the Department finds that such conditions are satisfied it shall issue to said owner a permit, valid for one year unless sooner revoked or suspended for cause, by the Department.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 552.)

    (820 ILCS 240/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 255)
    Sec. 5. Any person desiring to perform any work or labor as an Industrial Home Worker, in his own home, shall file with the Department, in the prescribed form, an application for a certificate, for which no charge shall be made. To every such applicant the Department shall issue an Industrial Home Worker's certificate, valid only for work by the applicant in his own home and for one year unless sooner revoked or suspended, for cause, by the Department. No such certificate shall be issued if the applicant has an infectious, contagious or communicable disease or is less than sixteen (16) years of age.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 552.)

    (820 ILCS 240/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 256)
    Sec. 6. Any person desiring to become an employer of one or more Industrial Home Workers shall, whether or not he has a place of business in this State, file with the Department, in the prescribed form an application for an Employer's Permit. Such application shall be accompanied with a fee of $200.00 for the original issuance of an employer's permit.
    For each annual renewal of such permit, the employer or representative contractor shall pay to the Director a fee of
    (a) Fifty dollars, where at no time during the preceding calendar year did the employer or representative contractor directly or indirectly have business relations simultaneously with more than one hundred homeworkers;
    (b) One hundred dollars, where at any time during the preceding calendar year the employer or representative contractor directly or indirectly had business relations simultaneously with more than one hundred but less than three hundred home workers.
    (c) Two hundred dollars, where at any time during the preceding calendar year the employer or representative contractor directly or indirectly had business relations simultaneously with three hundred or more home workers.
    Upon receiving the application accompanied by the proper fee the Department shall issue to such applicant an Employer's Permit limited to a specified industry or trade and valid for one year unless sooner revoked or suspended for cause, by the Department.
    No original or renewal fee shall be required of any employer with respect to an industrial home worker who is a physically handicapped person, nor shall any physically handicapped person be included in computing the amount of any renewal fee. The term "physically handicapped person", as used herein, means a person who has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability as defined in Section 4A of The Illinois Identification Card Act. For purposes of this Section, an Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card issued pursuant to The Illinois Identification Card Act indicating that the person thereon named has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability shall be adequate documentation of such disability. In the absence of an Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card, documentation of such a disability shall be provided by certification made by either (1) the Department or (2) a licensed physician and filed with and approved by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 84-1438.)

    (820 ILCS 240/7) (from Ch. 48, par. 257)
    Sec. 7. Every holder of a Sanitary Permit shall keep an accurate register of all persons engaged in Industrial Home Work on his premises.
    Every holder of an Employer's Permit shall, every six months, submit to the Department a report consisting of the names and addresses of all Industrial Home Workers whom he is employing.
(Source: P.A. 84-1438.)

    (820 ILCS 240/8) (from Ch. 48, par. 258)
    Sec. 8. No person shall carry on Industrial Home Work in a home, other than a resident therein.
    No person shall engage in Industrial Home Work without first complying with the provisions of this Act.
    No person shall engage himself as an employer of Industrial Home Workers without first complying with the provisions of this Act.
    No employer shall at any time employ in Industrial Home Work a greater number of workers than that prescribed in such Employer's Permit.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 552.)

    (820 ILCS 240/9) (from Ch. 48, par. 259)
    Sec. 9. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Act, or who obstructs or interferes with any examination or investigation being made by the Department shall be deemed guilty of a petty offense. Each day that such violation continues shall be regarded as a separate and distinct offense.
(Source: P. A. 77-2436.)

    (820 ILCS 240/10) (from Ch. 48, par. 260)
    Sec. 10. "An Act to regulate the manufacture of clothing, wearing apparel and other articles in this State, and to provide for the appointment of State inspectors to enforce the same and to make an appropriation therefor," approved June 17, 1893, as amended, is repealed.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 552.)