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The Department of Labor, created by the Civil Administrative Code of 1917, succeeded to the powers and duties of the Board of Labor Commissioners, also known as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the State Factory Inspector, the State Board of Arbitration, the Free Employment Offices, the Inspector of Private Employment Agencies, and the Industrial Board. The department performs such duties as the administration of unemployment compensation, workmen's compensation, and state employment service programs; the investigation of employment records to ensure compliance with state employment laws; the licensing of industrial home workers and private employment agencies; the handling of mediation services in labor disputes; and the encouragement of safety practices in factories.
203.001
CORRESPONDENCE. 1946-1955. 10 cu. ft. No index.
Departmental and divisional correspondence deals primarily with questions and complaints about unemployment benefits, labor regulations, and mediation of labor disputes. Also included are files on routine administrative matters such as office expenses and employee bonding.
203.002
EMPLOYEE RECORDS. 1918-1958. 18 cu. ft. No index.
Cards for each departmental employee include employee's name and address, job title, number of months/years employed, and monthly salary. Cards occasionally list employee's division, ward and precinct numbers, senatorial and congressional districts, date of separation from employment, and name of person who recommended employee. Prior to 1938 cards also list employee's age, sex, and marital status and whether position is under Civil Service Code.
203.003
PAYROLL VOUCHERS. July 1, 1953-June 30, 1954; October 1, 1954-December 16, 1954. 2 vols. No index.
Payroll vouchers for each division include voucher number; fund and appropriation numbers; each employee's name; position classification, identification, and basis numbers; amount of time worked; pay rate; gross amount earned; amounts deducted for withholding tax and retirement; net pay; and dates of payroll period. Warrant amounts were totaled for each voucher.
203.004
VOUCHER AND APPROPRIATION REGISTER. July 14, 1937-September 25, 1961. 22 vols. No index.
Entries are arranged by division and include voucher number, date issued, payee's name, and amount of payment listed under designated headings (e.g., travel, printing, salaries, office expenses).
203.005
DIVISION OF STATISTICS AND RESEARCH REPORTS ON BUILDINGS ISSUED PERMITS. 1921-1945. 26 cu. ft. No index.
Monthly and annual reports were submitted by Illinois Department of Labor to Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. For residential buildings in each city, town, or village, reports include number of buildings, their estimated cost, and total number of families planned for in each of the following categories: one- and two-family dwellings, one- and two-family dwellings with stores or shops, multi-family dwellings, multi-family dwellings with stores or shops, hotels, lodging houses, other nonhousekeeping dwellings, and total number of all new residential buildings.
For nonresidential buildings reports include number of buildings and estimated cost for the following categories: amusement and recreation places; churches; factories, bakeries, and other workshops; public and private garages; gasoline and automobile service stations; institutions (e.g., hospitals, asylums, clinics); office buildings; public buildings; buildings which house public works and utilities; schools; sheds and poultry houses; stables and barns; stores and other mercantile buildings; and total number of new nonresidential buildings.
Reports also list total number of buildings and estimated cost of additions, alterations, and repairs on residential and nonresidential buildings; number of buildings and estimated cost of installation permits; and number of buildings and estimated cost of demolitions of residential and nonresidential buildings.
203.006
DIVISION OF STATISTICS AND RESEARCH LABOR STATISTICS. 1922-1940. 15 cu. ft. No index.
Statistic sheets for various business firms include, over four-year periods, monthly entries for: number of male and female workers; total number of workers; amount of weekly payroll for male and female workers; total amount of weekly payroll; number of hours per week worked by men and women; total number of hours worked; work code number; and date information requested. Statistics for 1930-1937 also include number of hours, shifts, days per week, and weekly hours worked by male and female workers.
203.007
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES REGISTER OF LICENSES ISSUED. 1906-1917; 1934-1935; 1937-1954. 14 vols. Partial index.
Register entries include name and address of licensee, number of license being renewed or replaced, date issued, period issued for, amount of license fee, date received by State Treasurer, manner of payment, and remarks on expiration of license.
203.008
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES REGISTER OF LICENSES ISSUED TO EMPLOYMENT COUNSELORS. July 1952-February 1957; 1968-1970. 5 vols. No index.
Register entries include name and address of licensee, license number, date of service, period issued for, renewal license number, amount of license fee, date received by State Treasurer, and manner of payment. For 1968-1970 only counselors with surnames beginning with M-Z are given.
203.009
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES REGISTER OF LICENSES ISSUED TO PLACEMENT CLERKS. January 6, 1939-June 26, 1952. 2 vols. No index.
Register entries include name and address of licensee, license number, date issued, period issued for, amount of license fee, date received by State Treasurer, and manner of payment.
203.010
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES REGISTER OF LICENSES ISSUED TO INDUSTRIAL HOMEWORKERS. October 27, 1937-December 30, 1954. 1 vol. No index.
Register entries include name and address of licensee, license number, date issued, period issued for, renewal license number, amount of license fee, date received by State Treasurer, and check number.
203.011
CONCILIATION, MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION CASE FILES. 1974-1985. 53 cu. ft. Partial index.
Case files document investigations and conciliation, mediation, and arbitration proceedings conducted by the department's Conciliation and Mediation Division in relation to labor law violations and labor/management disputes. Files include Preference to Citizens on Public Works Projects and Prevailing Wage Investigation Reports, Summaries of Final Reports of Arbitrators and Conciliators, and supporting records.
Preference to Citizens on Public Works Projects and Prevailing Wage Investigation Reports include date of investigation, remarks concerning interviews with complaining parties, names of the public body and county involved in the dispute, names and addresses of executive officers and board members, date of the adoption of the prevailing wage or citizens preference resolution, the compliance status of the resolution with state law, description of the public works project, type of employer (e.g., contractor, public body, individual, partnership, corporation), name of the employer, names and addresses of owners or executive officers, total numbers of employees on a project and of those affected by the dispute, name of the labor organization involved if any, responses to charges, indication if a work stoppage was involved, settlement date, and summary investigator comments.
Summaries of Final Reports of Arbitrators and Conciliators include the name and address of the company involved in the dispute, the type of industry affected (e.g., university, steel), the nature of the dispute (e.g., strike, controversy), the craft or crafts concerned (e.g., carpenters, electricians), the dispute's cause, final disposition of the case (i.e., adjusted, unable to adjust, other arrangements), the terms of the settlement, and the name of the labor organization involved if any.
Files frequently contain supporting records including labor union agreements, prevailing wage schedules, payroll records, contractual agreements, work specifications, newspaper clippings, grievance forms, and disciplinary documents.
Occasionally included are records of the department's monitoring of labor union elections, actions taken at the request of the labor union involved. These files include certifications of election results, tallies of the ballots cast, signatures of authorized election observers, and correspondence concerning requests for the department to conduct secret ballot elections in order to determine representation in collective bargaining units or for the nomination and election of union officers.
These records are available at the Illinois State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State.
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