Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 2665

Creates the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Provides that an employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation, or termination of an industrial or commercial facility without first giving 60 days' notice (subject to specified exceptions) to the Department of Labor and the chief elected official of each municipal and county government within which the termination, relocation, or mass layoff occurs. Provides for the imposition of civil penalties for violations and gives remedies to employees. Provides for the reduction of an employer's liability under specified circumstances. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act to provide that payments to a person by an employer who is liable to that person under the new Act are not considered wages for purposes of unemployment insurance eligibility. Effective immediately.

Redefines "covered establishment" to include a "business enterprise" (rather than an "industrial or commercial facility or part thereof") meeting specified criteria. Requires notice of a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered establishment to be given to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (rather than the Department of Labor and the Department of Employment Security). In the Unemployment Insurance Act, deletes language excluding, from the term "wages", payments to a person by an employer who has failed to provide the advance notice of facility closure required by the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (but retains language providing that benefits payable under the Unemployment Insurance Act may not be denied or reduced because of the receipt of payments related to an employer's violation of the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act).

Deletes everything. Creates the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Provides that an employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation, or employment loss (an "employment loss" is an: employment termination, other than a discharge for cause, voluntary departure, or retirement; a layoff exceeding 6 months; or a reduction in hours of work of more than 50 percent during each month of any 6-month period, with specified exceptions) affecting at least a specified minimum number of employees without first giving 60 days' notice (subject to specified exceptions) to the affected employees and their representatives, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the chief elected official of each municipal and county government within which the employment loss, relocation, or mass layoff occurs. Provides for the imposition of civil penalties for violations and gives remedies to employees. Provides for the reduction of an employer's liability under specified circumstances. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, with the cooperation of the Department of Employment Security, to annually issue a written notice to each employer that reported to the Department of Employment Security that the employer paid wages to 75 or more individuals with respect to any quarter in the immediately proceeding calendar year, and specifies contents of the notice. Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois by repealing provisions requiring the Department of Employment Security to issue a written advisory notice to specified employers concerning the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act to provide that payments to a person by an employer who is liable to that person under the new Act are not considered wages for purposes of unemployment insurance eligibility. Effective January 1, 2005 and applies to plant closings or relocations occurring on or after that date.

Date	Chamber	Action
8/12/2004	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0915

Date	Chamber	Action
2/4/2004	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen
2/4/2004	Senate	First Reading
2/4/2004	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/6/2004	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2/18/2004	Senate	Assigned to Labor & Commerce
2/26/2004	Senate	Do Pass Labor & Commerce; 006-001-000
2/26/2004	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
2/27/2004	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
3/22/2004	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carol Ronen
3/22/2004	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
3/23/2004	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce
3/24/2004	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Labor & Commerce; 007-000-000
3/24/2004	Senate	Second Reading
3/24/2004	Senate	Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Ronen
3/24/2004	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
3/25/2004	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 031-023-000
3/26/2004	House	Arrived in House
3/26/2004	House	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
3/29/2004	House	Chief House Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
3/29/2004	House	First Reading
3/29/2004	House	Referred to Rules Committee
4/20/2004	House	Assigned to Labor Committee
4/21/2004	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
4/29/2004	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Labor Committee; 008-006-000
4/29/2004	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/29/2004	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
4/29/2004	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ricca Slone
4/29/2004	House	Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
4/29/2004	House	Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
5/12/2004	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
5/12/2004	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
5/13/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Constance A. Howard
5/13/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
5/14/2004	House	Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 31, 2004
5/17/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
5/17/2004	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
5/17/2004	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
5/18/2004	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-037-000
5/18/2004	Senate	Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
5/18/2004	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 19, 2004.
5/20/2004	Senate	House Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Carol Ronen
5/20/2004	Senate	House Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
5/20/2004	Senate	House Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Labor & Commerce
5/25/2004	Senate	House Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Labor & Commerce; 008-000-000
5/25/2004	Senate	House Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
5/25/2004	Senate	Passed Both Houses
6/23/2004	Senate	Sent to the Governor
8/12/2004	Senate	Governor Approved
8/12/2004	Senate	Effective Date January 1, 2005
8/12/2004	Senate	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0915

	Deletes reference to:
	820 ILCS 405/235

	Adds reference to:
	820 ILCS 405/500.1 new

	Adds reference to:
	20 ILCS 1005/1005-60 rep.