Illinois requires every day and temporary labor services agency to register with the Department of Labor and file a $5,000 surety bond. Our carrier's rate book sets the premium for this bond at a flat $100 — the price you see is the price you pay. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
















Registration bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit fields, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to upload to the IDOL online registration portal or mail in. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Illinois regulates staffing agencies under the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (820 ILCS 175), administered by the Department of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Division. An agency that places day or temporary laborers must register with the Department and file a $5,000 surety bond as a condition of registration.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Illinois (the obligee), with day and temporary laborers as the protected parties. The bond stands behind your compliance with the Act — including paying the wages your workers are owed.
The bond must stay active for the life of your registration. Let it lapse and your registration can be affected — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $5,000 filing continuous.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit fields, because this bond's application doesn't collect credit information.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.