Illinois · hotel room attendant breaks · 820 ILCS 140/3.1
Illinois hotel room attendant break premium
820 ILCS 140/3.1 / One Day Rest In Seven Act: a hotel room attendant in a county with population > 3,000,000 (Cook / Chicago-area) who works ≥7 hours must receive two 15-minute paid rest breaks and one 30-minute meal. If required breaks are not provided that workday → pay 3 × the regular hourly rate for that workday (flat premium). Classic $20 × five 10h, breaks missed → $1,400 vs /overtime/ $1,100 vs /california-meal-break/ $1,300 vs /minnesota-meal-rest/ $1,300. Not LB/Seattle hotel sq-ft workload.
How 820 ILCS 140/3.1 pays
Subsection (c) requires two 15-minute paid rest breaks and one 30-minute meal on each workday the attendant works at least 7 hours; the employer may not require work during a break. Subsection (f) is the pay line: when required breaks are not provided that workday, pay 3 times the hotel room attendant's regular hourly rate for that workday — a flat 3 × $/h premium, not three times the day's wages. Coverage is limited to hotel room attendants at transient-occupancy establishments in counties over 3,000,000 (subsections (a)–(b)).
Classic $20 × five 10-hour days, breaks missed. FLSA wages on 50 hours = $1,100. Each day is ≥7 hours and violating → 5 × 3 × $20 = $300. Total $1,400 versus /overtime/ $1,100, /california-meal-break/ $1,300 (1h meal + 1h rest × 5), and /minnesota-meal-rest/ $1,300 (missed minutes + equal LD). Breaks provided, or coverage off → $1,100. Five 6-hour days never hit the 7-hour gate → $600 with $0 § 3.1 premium. Five 8-hour days, breaks missed → $1,100 ($800 wages + $300 premium).
Not hotel workload. /long-beach-hotel-workload/ doubles all hours over a square-footage cap. /seattle-hotel-workload/ pays 3× only for time proportional to square footage over 4,500. This page is a break-premium statute. General ODRISA § 3 meal timing has no wage premium and is out of scope.
$20 · five 10h · breaks missed → $1,400 (FLSA $1,100 + 5×$60).
$20 · five 10h · breaks provided → $1,100.
$20 · five 10h · outside Cook / not attendant → $1,100.
$20 · five 6h (under 7h) · breaks missed → $600, $0 premium.
$20 · five 8h · breaks missed → $1,100 ($800 + $300).
$20 · one 8h missed + four 8h provided → $860.
Sources
- 820 ILCS 140/3.1 — Illinois General Assembly (official ILCS HTML, HTTP 200)
- 820 ILCS 140 — One Day Rest In Seven Act reprint (Justia, HTTP 200; full § 3.1 text)
- 820 ILCS 140/3.1 — FindLaw statute reprint (HTTP 200)
- IDOL One Day Rest In Seven Act — Illinois Department of Labor ODRISA overview (HTTP 200)
FAQ
How does the § 3.1 premium pay?
3 × regular hourly rate for each ≥7-hour workday on which required breaks were not provided. Classic $20 × five 10h, breaks missed → $1,400 vs /overtime/ $1,100.
Same as /california-meal-break/ or /minnesota-meal-rest/?
No. CA pays 1 hour at RR per missed meal/rest. MN pays missed minutes + equal liquidated damages. Illinois pays a flat 3 × hourly rate per violating day for Cook County hotel room attendants only.
Same as /long-beach-hotel-workload/ or /seattle-hotel-workload/?
No. Those are square-footage workload multipliers. This is a break-premium statute with a 7-hour gate.
Who is covered?
Hotel room attendants who clean or put in order guest rooms at hotels/transient establishments in a county with population greater than 3,000,000. Toggle coverage off to model FLSA wages only.
Does lunch alone clear the premium?
No. Subsection (c) requires both the two paid rests and the meal. This calculator uses an explicit “required breaks provided” toggle (or per-day overrides) rather than inferring from unpaid lunch minutes alone.