Full Text of HB0131 102nd General Assembly
HB0131 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB0131 Introduced 1/14/2021, by Rep. Michael Halpin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 820 ILCS 405/604 | from Ch. 48, par. 434 |
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Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that a claimant is
not disqualified from obtaining benefits during a period of unemployment
caused by a labor dispute if the labor dispute is caused by the failure or
refusal of the employer to comply with an agreement or contract between the
employer and the claimant, including a collective bargaining agreement
with a union representing the claimant, or a State or federal law
pertaining to hours, wages, or other conditions of work.
Provides that a claimant shall not be provided benefits for a period of the first 30 days following the commencement of unemployment caused by a labor dispute, including a strike or other concerted activities of employees at the claimant's workplace, whether or not authorized or sanctioned by a union representing the claimant, but not including a dispute during which benefits are otherwise available. Provides that the 30-day waiting period shall not apply if the employer hires a permanent replacement worker for the claimant's position.
Provides that if the employer does not permit the claimant to return to his or her prior position upon conclusion of the dispute, the claimant shall be entitled to recover any benefits lost as a result of the 30-day waiting period before receiving benefits. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 604 as follows:
| 6 | | (820 ILCS 405/604)
(from Ch. 48, par. 434)
| 7 | | Sec. 604. Labor dispute. An individual shall be ineligible | 8 | | for benefits for any week with respect
to which it is found | 9 | | that his total or partial unemployment is due to a
stoppage of | 10 | | work which exists because of a labor dispute at the factory,
| 11 | | establishment, or other premises at which he is or was last | 12 | | employed.
The term "labor dispute" does not include an | 13 | | individual's
refusal to work because of his employer's failure | 14 | | to pay
accrued earned wages within 10 working days from the | 15 | | date due, or to pay
any other uncontested accrued obligation | 16 | | arising out of his employment
within 10 working days from the | 17 | | date due.
| 18 | | For the purpose of disqualification under this Section the | 19 | | term "labor
dispute" does not include a lockout by an | 20 | | employer, and no individual shall
be denied benefits by reason | 21 | | of a lockout, provided that no individual shall be
eligible | 22 | | for benefits during a lockout who is ineligible for benefits | 23 | | under
another Section of this Act, and provided further that |
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| 1 | | no individual locked out
by an employer shall be eligible for | 2 | | benefits for any week during
which (1) the
recognized or | 3 | | certified collective bargaining representative of the locked
| 4 | | out employees refuses to meet under reasonable conditions with | 5 | | the employer
to discuss the issues giving rise to the lockout | 6 | | or (2) there
is a final adjudication under the National Labor | 7 | | Relations Act that during
the period of the lockout the | 8 | | recognized or certified collective bargaining representative | 9 | | of
the locked-out employees has refused to bargain in good | 10 | | faith with the
employer over issues giving rise to the | 11 | | lockout, or (3) the
lockout has resulted as a direct | 12 | | consequence of a violation by the recognized
or certified | 13 | | collective bargaining representative of the locked out | 14 | | employees
of the provisions of an existing collective | 15 | | bargaining
agreement. An individual's total or partial | 16 | | unemployment resulting from any
reduction in operations or | 17 | | reduction of force or layoff of employees by an
employer made | 18 | | in the course of or in anticipation of collective bargaining
| 19 | | negotiations between a labor organization and such employer, | 20 | | is not due to
a stoppage of work which exists because of a | 21 | | labor dispute until the date
of actual commencement of a | 22 | | strike or lockout.
| 23 | | This Section shall not apply if it is shown that (A) the | 24 | | individual is
not participating in or financing or directly | 25 | | interested in the labor
dispute which caused the stoppage of | 26 | | work and (B) he does not belong to a
grade or class of workers |
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| 1 | | of which immediately before the commencement of
the stoppage | 2 | | there were members employed at the premises at which the
| 3 | | stoppage occurs, any of whom are participating in or financing | 4 | | or directly
interested in the dispute; provided, that a | 5 | | lockout by the employer or an
individual's failure to cross a | 6 | | picket line at such factory, establishment,
or other premises | 7 | | shall not, in itself, be deemed to be participation by
him in | 8 | | the labor dispute. If in any case, separate branches
of work | 9 | | which are commonly conducted as separate businesses in | 10 | | separate
premises are conducted in separate departments of the | 11 | | same premises, each
such department shall, for the purpose of | 12 | | this Section, be deemed to be a
separate factory, | 13 | | establishment, or other premises.
| 14 | | For any claim for a period of unemployment commencing on | 15 | | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd | 16 | | General Assembly, no disqualification under this Section shall | 17 | | apply if the labor dispute is caused by the failure or refusal | 18 | | of the employer to comply with an agreement or contract | 19 | | between the employer and the claimant, including a collective | 20 | | bargaining agreement with a union representing the claimant, | 21 | | or a State or federal law pertaining to hours, wages, or other | 22 | | conditions of work. | 23 | | For any claim for a period of unemployment commencing on | 24 | | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd | 25 | | General Assembly, if the unemployment is caused by a labor | 26 | | dispute, including a strike or other concerted activities of |
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| 1 | | employees at the claimant's workplace, whether or not | 2 | | authorized or sanctioned by a union representing the claimant, | 3 | | but not including a dispute during which benefits are | 4 | | otherwise available under this Section, the claimant shall not | 5 | | be provided benefits for a period of the first 30 days | 6 | | following the commencement of the unemployment caused by the | 7 | | labor dispute, except that the period without benefits shall | 8 | | not apply if the employer hires a permanent replacement worker | 9 | | for the claimant's position. A replacement worker shall be | 10 | | presumed to be permanent unless the employer certifies in | 11 | | writing that the claimant will be permitted to return to his or | 12 | | her prior position upon conclusion of the dispute. If the | 13 | | employer does not permit the return, the claimant shall be | 14 | | entitled to recover any benefits lost as a result of the 30-day | 15 | | waiting period before receiving benefits, and the Department | 16 | | may impose a penalty upon the employer of up to $750 per | 17 | | employee per week of benefits lost. The penalty collected | 18 | | shall be paid into the Special Administrative Account. | 19 | | Whenever any claim involves the provisions of this | 20 | | Section, the claims
adjudicator referred to in Section 702 | 21 | | shall make a separate determination
as to the eligibility or | 22 | | ineligibility of the claimant with respect to the
provisions | 23 | | of this Section. This separate determination may be appealed | 24 | | to
the Director in the manner prescribed by Section 800.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 93-1088, eff. 1-1-06 .)
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| 1 | | becoming law.
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