HB2975 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 08706 JLS 53791 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2975

Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 15/5 new

Amends the Employment Contract Act. Provides that an employer may not require as a condition or precondition of employment that an employee or person seeking employment waive, arbitrate, or otherwise diminish any future claim, right, or benefit to which the person would otherwise be entitled under State or federal law. Effective immediately.

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 Employment Contract Act is amended by adding Section 5 as follows:

(820 ILCS 15/5 new)

Sec. 5. Prohibition against requiring waiver of statutory rights as a condition of employment.

(a) In this Section:

"Employee" means any person employed by or suffered or permitted to work for an employer.

"Employer" means any person, either individual, corporation, partnership, agency, or firm, that employs an employee and includes any person, either individual, corporation, partnership, agency, or firm, acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of Illinois law to the contrary, no employer shall require as a condition or precondition of employment that any employee or person seeking employment waive, arbitrate, or otherwise diminish any existing or future claim, right, or benefit to which the employee or person seeking employment would otherwise be entitled under any provision of Illinois law or any federal law.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.