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(820 ILCS 275/21) Sec. 21. Employee notification. (a) In cases in which an employer is seeking a workplace protection restraining order involving an employee who is a victim of unlawful violence by a family or household member as defined by item (6) of Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or is an employee who is a victim of unlawful violence as proscribed in Article 11 or Sections 12-7.3, 12-7.4, and 12-7.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012, the employer shall: (1) prior to the filing of the petition, notify the |
| employee in writing of the employer's intent to seek a workplace protection restraining order; and
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(2) conduct a direct verbal consultation in
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| conversation with the employee prior to seeking a workplace protection restraining order under this Act to determine whether any safety or well-being concerns exist in relation to the employer's pursuit of the order or whether seeking the order may interfere with the employee's own legal actions.
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If, after direct verbal consultation in conversation with the employee, the employee does not give the employer full and voluntary consent to seek a workplace protection restraining order, the employer shall not file for that order until a 4-day waiting period has elapsed following the date of the direct consultation. The 4-day waiting period does not apply if there is an immediate threat of imminent physical harm to the work site and the petitioner is seeking an emergency order.
(b) Employers subject to the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act shall additionally include in the written notice to the employee in subsection (a) the following: "As your employer, we are subject to the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act, which includes provisions for leave, accommodations, and prohibitions against discrimination, and we are notifying you of your rights under this Act. A summary of your rights under the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act is provided on the workplace poster we are required under law to post in your workplace."
(Source: P.A. 98-766, eff. 7-16-14.)
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