Rep. Will Guzzardi
Filed: 3/23/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3554 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3554 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 115/3.5 new)
7    Sec. 3.5. Work schedule requests.
8    (a) An employee may apply to his or her employer to request 
9a change in the terms and conditions of employment as they 
10relate to:
11        (1) the number of hours the employee is required to 
12    work or
        be on call for work;
13        (2) the times when the employee is required to work or 
14    be
        on call for work;
15        (3) the location where the employee is required to 
16    work;
 
 
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1        (4) the amount of notification the employee receives of
        
2    work schedule assignments; and
3        (5) minimizing fluctuations in the number of hours the
        
4    employee is scheduled to work on a daily, weekly, or 
5    monthly
        basis.
6    (b) An employer has an obligation to engage in an 
7interactive process regarding work schedules. If an employee 
8applies to his or her employer to request a change in the terms 
9and conditions of employment as authorized in subsection (a), 
10the employer shall engage in a timely, good faith interactive 
11process with the employee that includes a discussion of 
12potential schedule  changes that would meet the employee's 
13needs.
14    (c) The process shall result in:
15        (1) either granting or denying the request;
16        (2) in the event of a denial, considering alternatives 
17    to the proposed change that might meet the employee's needs 
18    and granting or denying a request for an alternative change 
19    in the terms and conditions of employment as set forth in 
20    subsection (a); and
21        (3) in the event of a denial, stating the reason for 
22    denial.
23    (d) If information provided by the employee making a 
24request for a change requires clarification, the employer shall 
25explain what further information is needed and give the 
26employee reasonable time to produce the information.".