Illinois Statutes Chapter 820. Employment § 175/20. Transportation

(a) A day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client or a contractor or agent of either shall charge no fee to transport a day or temporary laborer to or from the designated work site.

(b) A day and temporary labor service agency is responsible for the conduct and performance of any person who transports a day or temporary laborer from the agency to a work site, unless the transporter is: (1) a public mass transportation system as defined in Section 2 of the Local Mass Transit District Act; (2) a common carrier; (3) the day or temporary laborer providing his or her own transportation; or (4) selected exclusively by and at the sole choice of the day or temporary laborer for transportation in a vehicle not owned or operated by the day and temporary labor service agency. If any day and temporary labor service agency provides transportation to a day or temporary laborer or refers a day or temporary laborer as provided in subsection (c), the day and temporary labor service agency may not allow a motor vehicle to be used for the transporting of day or temporary laborers if the agency knows or should know that the motor vehicle used for the transportation of day or temporary laborers is unsafe or not equipped as required by this Act or by any rule adopted under this Act, unless the vehicle is: (1) the property of a public mass transportation system as defined in Section 2 of the Local Mass Transit District Act; (2) the property of a common carrier; (3) the day or temporary laborer's personal vehicle; or (4) a vehicle of a day or temporary laborer used to carpool other day or temporary laborers and which is selected exclusively by and at the sole choice of the day or temporary laborer for transportation.

(c) A day and temporary labor service agency may not refer a day or temporary laborer to any person for transportation to a work site unless that person is (1) a public mass transportation system as defined in Section 2 of the Local Mass Transit District Act or (2) providing the transportation at no fee. Directing the day or temporary laborer to accept a specific car pool as a condition of work shall be considered a referral by the day and temporary labor service agency. Any mention or discussion of the cost of a car pool shall be considered a referral by the agency. Informing a day or temporary laborer of the availability of a car pool driven by another day or temporary laborer shall not be considered a referral by the agency.

(d) Any motor vehicle that is owned or operated by the day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client, or a contractor or agent of either, or to which a day and temporary labor service agency refers a day or temporary laborer, which is used for the transportation of day or temporary laborers shall have proof of financial responsibility as provided for in Chapter 8 of the Illinois Vehicle Code  1 or as required by Department rules. The driver of the vehicle shall hold a valid license to operate motor vehicles in the correct classification and shall be required to produce the license immediately upon demand by the Department, its inspectors or deputies, or any other person authorized to enforce this Act. The Department shall forward a violation of this subsection to the appropriate law enforcement authorities or regulatory agencies, whichever is applicable.

(e) No motor vehicle that is owned or operated by the day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client, or a contractor or agent of either, or to which a day and temporary labor service agency refers a day or temporary laborer, which is used for the transportation of day or temporary laborers may be operated if it does not have a seat and a safety belt for each passenger. The Department shall forward a violation of this subsection to the appropriate law enforcement authorities or regulatory agencies, whichever is applicable.

(f) If the day or temporary laborer is provided transportation from the point of application to the worksite by the hiring labor service agency operating pursuant to this Act, the day or temporary laborer shall also be provided transportation back to the point of application, unless the day or temporary laborer advises or agrees prior to leaving for the place of employment to obtain alternative transportation after the work shift is completed.