Full Text of HB6162 99th General Assembly
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Employee Sick Leave Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 | | "Department" means the Department of Labor. | 8 | | "Personal sick leave benefits" means time accrued and | 9 | | available to an employee to be used as a result of absence from | 10 | | work due to personal illness, injury, or medical appointment, | 11 | | but does not include absences from work for which compensation | 12 | | is provided through an employer's plan. | 13 | | Section 10. Use of leave; limitations. | 14 | | (a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits | 15 | | provided by the employer for absences due to an illness, | 16 | | injury, or medical appointment of the employee's child, spouse, | 17 | | sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, | 18 | | grandparent, or stepparent, for reasonable periods of time as | 19 | | the employee's attendance may be necessary, on the same terms | 20 | | upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for | 21 | | the employee's own illness or injury. | 22 | | (b) An employer may limit the use of personal sick leave |
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| 1 | | benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an | 2 | | illness, injury, or medical appointment of the employee's | 3 | | child, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, | 4 | | mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or | 5 | | stepparent to an amount not less than the personal sick leave | 6 | | that would be accrued during 6 months at the employee's then | 7 | | current rate of entitlement. | 8 | | (c) An employer who has a paid time off policy that would | 9 | | otherwise provide benefits as required under subsections (a) | 10 | | and (b) shall not be required to modify such policy. | 11 | | Section 15. Rights and remedies. The rights and remedies | 12 | | specified in this Act are in addition to any other rights or | 13 | | remedies afforded by contract or under other provisions of law. | 14 | | This Act does not prevent an employer from providing greater | 15 | | sick leave benefits than are provided for under this Act. This | 16 | | Act does not extend the maximum period of leave to which an | 17 | | employee is entitled under the federal Family and Medical Leave | 18 | | Act of 1993, regardless of whether the employee receives sick | 19 | | leave compensation during that leave. | 20 | | Section 20. Retaliation prohibited. An employer shall not | 21 | | deny an employee the right to use personal sick leave benefits | 22 | | in accordance with this Act or discharge, threaten to | 23 | | discharge, demote, suspend, or in any manner discriminate | 24 | | against an employee for using personal sick leave benefits, |
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| 1 | | attempting to exercise the right to use personal sick leave | 2 | | benefits, filing a complaint with the Illinois Department of | 3 | | Labor or alleging a violation of this Act, cooperating in an | 4 | | investigation or prosecution of an alleged violation of this | 5 | | Act, or opposing any policy or practice or act that is | 6 | | prohibited by this Act. | 7 | | Section 25. Rules. The Department is prohibited from | 8 | | adopting any rules in contravention of this Act.
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on | 10 | | January 1, 2017.
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