HB2961 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 13753 JLS 19103 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2961

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 180/40

Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Provides that the notice to employees under the Act must include language encouraging employees to report to the employer the possibility of a domestic or intimate partner committing an act of violence at the workplace. Provides that the notice must be distributed to all employees on an annual basis.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning employment.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act is amended by changing Section 40 as follows:

(820 ILCS 180/40)

Sec. 40. Notification.

(a) Every employer covered by this Act shall post and keep posted, in conspicuous places on the premises of the employer where notices to employees are customarily posted, a notice, to be prepared or approved by the Director of Labor, summarizing the requirements of this Act and information pertaining to the filing of a charge. The Director shall furnish copies of summaries and rules to employers upon request without charge. Any employer that fails to post the required notice may not rely on the provisions in subsection (b) of Section 20 to claim that the employee failed to inform the employer that she or he wanted or was eligible for leave under this Act.

(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the notice must contain the following language:

"This company and State law encourages employees who think they might be at risk of a domestic or intimate partner coming to the workplace to commit an act of violence to share information with a supervisor, security personnel, human resources personnel, or other company representative about the potential risk, as State law requires the company to make all reasonable accommodations to protect the reporting employee and all employees from the risk of violence. State law protects all employees from any sort of discrimination or retaliation for informing the company about the potential risk of a domestic or intimate partner coming to the workplace, including firing or demotion.".

The notice required under this subsection must also be distributed to all employees on an annual basis.

(Source: P.A. 96-635, eff. 8-24-09.)