101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5015

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 147/35

    Amends the School Visitation Rights Act. Provides that an employer that terminates an employee for absences to attend school conferences is liable in a civil action for damages resulting to the employee. Imposes upon the employer the burden of proof to demonstrate that termination is not related to an employee's absence for attendance as a school conference, behavioral meeting, or academic meeting. Effective August 1, 2020.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Visitation Rights Act is amended by
5changing Section 35 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 147/35)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 101-486)
8    Sec. 35. Employee rights. No employee shall lose any
9employee benefits, except as provided for in Section 20 of this
10Act, for exercising his or her rights under this Act. Nothing
11in this Act shall be construed to affect an employer's
12obligation to comply with any collective bargaining agreement
13or employee benefit plan. Nothing in this Act shall prevent an
14employer from providing school visitation rights in excess of
15the requirements of this Act. The rights afforded by this Act
16shall not be diminished by any collective bargaining act or by
17any employee benefit plan.
18(Source: P.A. 87-1240.)
 
19    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 101-486)
20    Sec. 35. Employee rights.
21    (a) No employee shall lose any employee benefits, except as
22provided for in Section 20 of this Act, for exercising his or

 

 

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1her rights under this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be
2construed to affect an employer's obligation to comply with any
3collective bargaining agreement or employee benefit plan.
4Nothing in this Act shall prevent an employer from providing
5school visitation rights in excess of the requirements of this
6Act. The rights afforded by this Act shall not be diminished by
7any collective bargaining act or by any employee benefit plan.
8    (b) An employer may not terminate an employee for an
9absence from work if the absence is due solely to the
10employee's attendance at a school conference, behavioral
11meeting, or academic meeting, as provided in Section 15.
12    (c) An employer violating subsection (b) is liable in a
13civil action for damages resulting to the employee. The
14employer has the burden of proof to demonstrate that
15termination is not related to an employee's absence for
16attendance as a school conference, behavioral meeting, or
17academic meeting.
18(Source: P.A. 101-486, eff. 8-1-20.)
 
19    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
20changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
21that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
22represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
23not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
24made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
25Public Act.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect August 1,
22020.