People Ex Rel. Martin v. Smith

PRESIDING JUSTICE KNECHT

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Director of the Illinois Department of Labor (Department), by the Illinois Attorney General, appeals a trial court decision dismissing its complaint against defendant, Dennis Smith, d/b/a Smith and Son Oil. This complaint alleged the defendant failed to pay overtime wages in accordance to the Minimum Wage Law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, pars. 1003, 1004a(l), 1012(b)). The trial court dismissed this complaint as barred by the three-year statute of limitations contained in section 12(a) of the Minimum Wage Law. (Ill.…