Veterans' Affairs Committee
Filed: 4/15/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3818 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3818 on page 1, by 
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replacing line 5 with the following:

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"changing Sections 5 and  10 as follows:"; and
 
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on page 2, by inserting after line 6 the following:
 
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    "(820 ILCS 151/10)
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    Sec. 10. Family Military Leave Requirement.   
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    (a) Any employer, as defined in Section 5 of this Act, that 
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employs between 15 and 50 employees shall provide up to 15 days 
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of unpaid family military leave to an employee during the time 
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federal or State deployment orders are in effect, subject to 
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the conditions set forth in this Section.  Family military leave 
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granted under this Act may consist of unpaid leave. 
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    (b) An employer, as defined in Section 5 of this Act, that 
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employs more than 50 employees shall provide up to 30 days of 
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unpaid family military leave to an employee during the time 
 


 






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federal or State deployment orders are in effect, subject to 
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the conditions set forth in this Section.  Family military leave 
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granted under this Act may consist of unpaid leave.   The number 
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of days of leave provided to an employee under this subsection 
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(b) because the employee's spouse or child is called to 
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military service shall be reduced by the number of days of 
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leave provided to the employee under subdivision (a)(1)(E) of 
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Section 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 because 
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of any qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the 
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employee's spouse or child  is on covered active duty as defined 
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in that Act (or has been notified of an impending call or order 
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to covered active duty) in the Armed Forces. 
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    (c) The employee shall give at least 14 days notice of the 
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intended date upon which the family military leave will 
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commence if leave will consist of 5 or more consecutive work 
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days.  Where able, the employee shall consult with the employer 
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to schedule the leave so as to not unduly disrupt the 
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operations of the employer.  Employees taking military family 
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leave for less than 5 consecutive days shall give the employer 
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advanced notice as is practicable.   The employer may require 
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certification from the proper military authority to verify the 
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employee's eligibility for the family military leave 
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requested.  
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    (d) An employee shall not take leave as provided under this 
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Act unless he or she has exhausted all accrued vacation leave, 
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personal leave, compensatory leave, and any other leave that 
 


 






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may be granted to the employee, except sick leave and 
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disability leave.
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(Source: P.A. 94-589, eff. 8-15-05.)".