96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5487

 

Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Bill Mitchell

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1005/1005-165 new

    Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Employment Security shall, on a monthly basis, measure labor underutilization in Illinois in accordance with the U-6 measure (total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers) developed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and shall release monthly data on the same day of the month on which it releases statewide unemployment data. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 5. The Department of Employment Security Law of the
5 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
6 Section 1005-165 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 1005/1005-165 new)
8     Sec. 1005-165. Labor underutilization in Illinois. The
9 Department shall, on a monthly basis, measure labor
10 underutilization in Illinois in accordance with the U-6 measure
11 (total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus
12 total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of
13 the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers)
14 developed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The
15 Department shall release monthly data under this Section on the
16 same day of the month on which it releases statewide
17 unemployment data.
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.