Sen. Ram Villivalam

Filed: 5/3/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2975

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2975 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Uniform Arbitration Act is amended by
5adding Section 1.5 as follows:
 
6    (710 ILCS 5/1.5 new)
7    Sec. 1.5. Prohibition against requiring waiver of
8statutory rights as a condition of employment.
9    (a) In this Section:
10    "Employee" means any person employed by or suffered or
11permitted to work for an employer. "Employee" does not,
12however, mean any person employed as managerial, professional,
13or confidential employee as defined in subsection (c), (j), or
14(m) of Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
15    "Employer" means any person, either individual,
16corporation, partnership, agency, or firm, that employs an

 

 

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1employee and includes any person, either individual,
2corporation, partnership, agency, or firm, acting directly or
3indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an
4employee, as well as the State of Illinois; any political
5subdivision of the State, unit of local government or school
6district; State college or university; fire protection
7district; authorities including departments, divisions,
8bureaus, boards, commissions, or other agencies of the
9foregoing entities; and any person acting within the scope of
10his or her authority, express or implied, on behalf of those
11entities in dealing with its employees.
12    "Person seeking employment" means any person seeking to be
13employed by an employer. "Person seeking employment" does not,
14however, mean any person seeking to become a managerial,
15professional or confidential employee as defined in subsection
16(c), (j), or (m) of Section 3 of the Illinois Public Labor
17Relations Act.
18    (b) Notwithstanding any provision of Illinois law to the
19contrary, no employer shall require as a condition or
20precondition of employment that any employee or person seeking
21employment waive, arbitrate, or otherwise diminish any
22existing or future claim, right, or benefit to which the
23employee or person seeking employment would otherwise be
24entitled under any provision of Illinois law or any federal
25law.
26    (c) Nothing in this Section prohibits a labor union and an

 

 

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1employer from agreeing to an arbitration clause in the
2grievance resolution provisions of a collective bargaining
3agreement, however the existence of such an agreement does not
4waive an employee's individual right to file with the
5appropriate administrative agency or court.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.".