• It is the policy of the State of Illinois that all workers employed performing similar work on public works projects within the same locality shall be paid the same prevailing hourly rate.
• All bid specifications shall list the specified rates to all laborers and workers. If the Department of Labor revises the prevailing rate of hourly wages to be paid, it will apply to the contract. The contractor and each subcontractor will be notified of the revised rate.
• An employee may not be punished (discharged, disciplined or discriminated against) for filing or instituting a proceeding resulting from the administrative or enforcement of this Act, or for offering any evidence of any violation of this Act.

State Employment Laws

• the individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of the service for the contractor, both under the individual's contract of service and in fact;
• the service performed by the individual is outside the usual course of services performed by the contractor; and
• the individual is engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business; or
• the individual is deemed a legitimate sole proprietor or partnership.