Illinois 720-hour checker

See which temps are close to Illinois equal pay.

Illinois requires equal pay for a day or temporary laborer after more than 720 hours at the same client within 12 months. Add your hours and this checker counts each worker at each client the way Tabulado's weekly run does, and shows who has passed 720 hours, who is close, and when.

Count hours by worker and client

One row per worker per day: who worked, for which client, on what date, and how many hours.

Hours file

A CSV or Excel file with the columns Worker, Client, Date and Hours, in any order. Dates like 2026-03-02 or 3/2/2026; hours like 8, 8.5 or 8:30.

Drop a file here, or

Or paste rows

Paste from a spreadsheet, with the heading row first.

Count as of

Hours after this date are not counted.

Tabulado counts these hours every week from your timesheets, warns at 600 hours and opens the equal-pay duty on the day a worker passes 720.

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How the count works

The rule

Under Section 42 of the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, a laborer who is assigned to and works at the same client for more than 720 hours within 12 months must be paid at least the rate and benefits of the client's comparable direct employee, or their hourly cash value.

Read 820 ILCS 175/42

What counts

Hours actually worked for the same client count; each client is counted apart. Work before April 1, 2024 does not count. The 12 months roll: each day looks back over the 12 months ending that day.

The 4,160-hour rule

More than 4,160 hours at the same client within 48 months brings further duties for the client's information. The checker shows when that was passed too.

The 600-hour heads-up

Tabulado flags a worker past 600 hours so there is time to ask the client for the comparable pay. The 600 hours are Tabulado's warning, not the law's.

After a worker passes 720 hours

Pay the equal-pay rate for the hours after the crossing, using the client's information on its comparable employee. The client's information is due before the start of the worker's next pay period.

Your data

There is no account and nothing is saved. Your file is read to count the hours and then forgotten; nothing you add is stored or kept.

This checker is an estimate from the hours you give it. It does not know hours worked through other agencies, and it is not legal advice.