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1 | AN ACT concerning employment.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The One Day Rest In Seven Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (820 ILCS 140/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 8b)
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7 | Sec. 2. Hours and days of rest in every calendar week. | ||||||
8 | (a) Every employer shall allow every employee except those | ||||||
9 | specified
in this
Section at least twenty-four consecutive | ||||||
10 | hours of rest in every calendar
week in addition to the regular | ||||||
11 | period of rest allowed at the close of each
working day.
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12 | A person employed as a domestic worker, as defined in | ||||||
13 | Section 10 of the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act, shall | ||||||
14 | be allowed at least 24 consecutive hours of rest in every | ||||||
15 | calendar week. This subsection (a) does not prohibit a | ||||||
16 | domestic worker from voluntarily agreeing to work on such day | ||||||
17 | of rest required by this subsection (a) if the worker is | ||||||
18 | compensated at the overtime rate for all hours worked on such | ||||||
19 | day of rest. The day of rest authorized under this subsection | ||||||
20 | (a) should, whenever possible, coincide with the traditional | ||||||
21 | day reserved by the domestic worker for religious worship. | ||||||
22 | (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the following:
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23 | (1) Part-time employees whose total work hours for one |
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1 | employer during a
calendar week do not exceed 20; and
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2 | (2) Employees needed in case of breakdown of machinery | ||||||
3 | or equipment or
other emergency requiring the immediate | ||||||
4 | services of experienced and
competent labor to prevent | ||||||
5 | injury to person, damage to property, or
suspension of | ||||||
6 | necessary operation; and
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7 | (3) Employees employed in agriculture or coal mining; | ||||||
8 | and
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9 | (4) Employees engaged in the occupation of canning and | ||||||
10 | processing
perishable agricultural products, if such | ||||||
11 | employees are employed by an
employer in such occupation | ||||||
12 | on a seasonal basis and for not more than 20
weeks during | ||||||
13 | any calendar year or 12 month period; and
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14 | (5) Employees employed as watchmen or security guards; | ||||||
15 | and
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16 | (6) Employees who are employed in a bonafide | ||||||
17 | executive, administrative,
or professional capacity or in | ||||||
18 | the capacity of an outside salesman, as
defined in Section | ||||||
19 | 12 (a) (1) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as
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20 | amended, and those employed as supervisors as defined in | ||||||
21 | Section 2 (11) of
the National Labor Relations Act, as | ||||||
22 | amended; and
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23 | (7) Employees who are employed as crew members of any | ||||||
24 | uninspected towing
vessel, as defined by Section 2101(40) | ||||||
25 | of Title 46 of the United States Code,
operating in any | ||||||
26 | navigable waters in or along the boundaries of the State |
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1 | of
Illinois ; and .
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2 | (8) Employees for whom work hours, days of work, and | ||||||
3 | rest periods are established through the collective | ||||||
4 | bargaining process. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 99-758, eff. 1-1-17 .)
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