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90_HB1195 New Act Creates the Part-Time Employee Wage Supplement Act. Provides that a part-time employee is entitled to a portion of the employer-sponsored insurance, pension, health, child care, and vacation time benefits available to full-time employees. Sets forth a method for computing benefits. Applies only to employers in this State with more than 500 employees. Provides that the Department of Labor shall administer the Act. LRB9004126WHmg LRB9004126WHmg 1 AN ACT to guarantee payment of wage supplements to 2 certain part-time employees. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 6 Part-time Employee Wage Supplement Act. 7 Section 5. Part-time employees; wage supplements. A 8 part-time employee is entitled to a proportion of wage 9 supplements provided by the employer to full-time employees 10 computed on a weekly basis equal to the proportion which the 11 mean number of hours per week spent in the employ of the 12 employer by the part-time employee bears to the mean number 13 of hours per week spent in the employ of the employer by a 14 full-time employee. In this Section, "part-time employee" 15 means an individual who has worked at least 25 hours per week 16 during at least 8 months of the preceding year. In this 17 Section, "wage supplements" include all employer sponsored 18 insurance and pension benefits, health services, child care 19 services and vacation time. This Act applies to all 20 employers in this State with 500 or more employees. In 21 computing whether an employee has worked a qualifying number 22 of hours under this Act, an employer shall consider the 23 number of hours worked by the employee during the preceding 24 year, ending at the conclusion of the last completed calendar 25 quarter. No employer shall be required to provide payment of 26 wage supplements to an employee not currently employed by the 27 employer. 28 Section 10. Administration. This Act shall be 29 administered by the Department of Labor.