Below is information about laws and regulations, including wages, benefits, safety and health, that affect businesses and workers within the State of Illinois. Many California localities require employers to provide employees with postings or bulletins about local minimum wage ordinances.The FWPA provides protections for freelance workers in Illinois. Under the law, freelance workers are entitled to all of the following: Sec. 3. Every employer shall be required, at least semi-monthly, to pay every employee all wages earned during the semi-monthly pay period. Apply for an equal pay registration certificate from the IDOL. Some fill-in-the-blank labor law postings require location managers to add information about emergency contacts. Section 432.5 separately prohibits any employer from requiring any employee or applicant for employment to agree, in writing, to any term or condition. A 30minute meal period is required for seasonal farm workers after 5 hours in Pennsylvania, and for migrant workers in Wisconsin after 6 hours. Download each Illinois mandatory labor law poster for free.