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| 1 | AN ACT concerning employment. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
| 5 | Firefighter Paid Family Leave Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act, "firefighter" | ||||||
| 7 | has the meaning set forth in Section 4-106 of the Illinois | ||||||
| 8 | Pension Code. "Firefighter" includes an individual eligible to | ||||||
| 9 | participate in a fund established under under Article 4 of the | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois Pension Code, an individual who is not eligible to | ||||||
| 11 | participate in a fund established under Article 4 who is | ||||||
| 12 | employed on a full-time basis as a firefighter or paramedic, | ||||||
| 13 | and a firefighter paramedic who is employed by a municipality | ||||||
| 14 | or fire protection district to perform duties as a paramedic, | ||||||
| 15 | emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical | ||||||
| 16 | technician basic (EMT-B), emergency medical | ||||||
| 17 | technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical | ||||||
| 18 | technician (A-EMT). | ||||||
| 19 | Section 10. Paid family leave. | ||||||
| 20 | (a) A firefighter shall receive 6 weeks of paid family | ||||||
| 21 | leave that may be used for the following: | ||||||
| 22 | (1) for the birth of a child and to care for a newborn | ||||||
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| 1 | child; | ||||||
| 2 | (2) to care for a newly adopted child under 18 years of | ||||||
| 3 | age, a newly placed foster child under 18 years of age, or | ||||||
| 4 | a newly adopted or placed foster child older than 18 years | ||||||
| 5 | of age if the child is incapable of self-care because of a | ||||||
| 6 | mental or physical disability; and | ||||||
| 7 | (3) to care for a family member with a serious health | ||||||
| 8 | condition. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) An employer shall reasonably accommodate additional | ||||||
| 10 | physical recovery time for a firefighter returning from leave | ||||||
| 11 | used for the purpose described in paragraph (1) of subsection | ||||||
| 12 | (a), including light-duty assignments or an agreed to | ||||||
| 13 | reassignment of duties until the firefighter is able to return | ||||||
| 14 | to full duties. | ||||||
| 15 | Section 15. Limitations. The paid family leave | ||||||
| 16 | requirements established by this Act shall be provided to a | ||||||
| 17 | firefighter who has been employed by an employer for at least | ||||||
| 18 | one year, regardless of the employer's leave policies. | ||||||
| 19 | Section 20. Waiver. A firefighter may voluntarily waive | ||||||
| 20 | the paid family leave requirement established by this Act by | ||||||
| 21 | returning to work before the 6 weeks of leave have elapsed or | ||||||
| 22 | by declining, in writing, to accept the paid family leave. | ||||||