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Public Act 099-0841
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| HB6162 Enrolled | LRB099 18403 JLS 42779 b |
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AN ACT concerning employment.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
Employee Sick Leave Act.
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Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: |
"Department" means the Department of Labor. |
"Personal sick leave benefits" means time accrued and |
available to an employee to be used as a result of absence from |
work due to personal illness, injury, or medical appointment, |
but does not include absences from work for which compensation |
is provided through an employer's plan.
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Section 10. Use of leave; limitations. |
(a) An employee may use personal sick leave benefits |
provided by the employer for absences due to an illness, |
injury, or medical appointment of the employee's child, spouse, |
sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, |
grandparent, or stepparent, for reasonable periods of time as |
the employee's attendance may be necessary, on the same terms |
upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for |
the employee's own illness or injury. |
(b) An employer may limit the use of personal sick leave |
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benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an |
illness, injury, or medical appointment of the employee's |
child, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, |
mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or |
stepparent to an amount not less than the personal sick leave |
that would be accrued during 6 months at the employee's then |
current rate of entitlement. |
(c) An employer who has a paid time off policy that would |
otherwise provide benefits as required under subsections (a) |
and (b) shall not be required to modify such policy.
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Section 15. Rights and remedies. The rights and remedies |
specified in this Act are in addition to any other rights or |
remedies afforded by contract or under other provisions of law. |
This Act does not prevent an employer from providing greater |
sick leave benefits than are provided for under this Act. This |
Act does not extend the maximum period of leave to which an |
employee is entitled under the federal Family and Medical Leave |
Act of 1993, regardless of whether the employee receives sick |
leave compensation during that leave.
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Section 20. Retaliation prohibited. An employer shall not |
deny an employee the right to use personal sick leave benefits |
in accordance with this Act or discharge, threaten to |
discharge, demote, suspend, or in any manner discriminate |
against an employee for using personal sick leave benefits, |
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attempting to exercise the right to use personal sick leave |
benefits, filing a complaint with the Illinois Department of |
Labor or alleging a violation of this Act, cooperating in an |
investigation or prosecution of an alleged violation of this |
Act, or opposing any policy or practice or act that is |
prohibited by this Act.
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Section 25. Rules. The Department is prohibited from |
adopting any rules in contravention of this Act.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on |
January 1, 2017.
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