SB0645 EnrolledLRB102 15689 JLS 21053 b

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 Employee Sick Leave Act is amended by
5changing Section 21 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 191/21)
7    Sec. 21. Employments exempted from coverage.
8    (a) This Act does not apply to an employer or employee as
9defined in either the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance
10Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) or the Federal Employers'
11Liability Act, United States Code, Title 45, Sections 51
12through 60, or other comparable federal law.
13    (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to invalidate,
14diminish, or otherwise interfere with any collective
15bargaining agreement nor shall it be construed to invalidate,
16diminish, or otherwise interfere with any party's power to
17collectively bargain such an agreement. The rights afforded
18under this Act serve as the minimum standard in a negotiated
19collective bargaining agreement.
20    (c) This Act does not apply to any other employment
21expressly exempted under rules adopted by the Department as
22necessary to implement this Act in accordance with applicable
23State and federal law.

 

 

SB0645 Enrolled- 2 -LRB102 15689 JLS 21053 b

1(Source: P.A. 102-678, eff. 12-10-21.)