Bill Text: IL HB5294 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the State of Illinois is considered an employer under the provisions of the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act. Provides that an employee of an employer with 16 or more employees and no more than 50 employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 51 or more employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 50 or fewer employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit and an employee of an employer with more than 51 employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employer shall not require an employee who uses unpaid neonatal intensive care leave to provide a replacement worker. Provides that an employee who is entitled to take paid or unpaid leave, including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or similar leave, from employment, under federal, State, or local law, a collective bargaining agreement, or an employment benefits program or plan, may elect to substitute any period of leave for an equivalent period of leave provided under the Act. Provides that, upon the conclusion of leave taken under the Act, an employee shall be reinstated to his or her former position or a substantially equivalent one with no loss of benefits held or accrued prior to taking leave. Provides that, during the period of leave, any health insurance benefits shall be maintained by an employer as if an employee had not taken leave. Provides that an employer may require reasonable verification of the employee's child's length of stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Makes changes to provisions concerning enforcement of the Act. Makes changes to the definitions of "employee" and "employer". Makes other changes.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-3)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-10 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2024 [HB5294 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5294-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the State of Illinois is considered an employer under the provisions of the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act. Provides that an employee of an employer with 16 or more employees and no more than 50 employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 51 or more employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 50 or fewer employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit and an employee of an employer with more than 51 employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employer shall not require an employee who uses unpaid neonatal intensive care leave to provide a replacement worker. Provides that an employee who is entitled to take paid or unpaid leave, including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or similar leave, from employment, under federal, State, or local law, a collective bargaining agreement, or an employment benefits program or plan, may elect to substitute any period of leave for an equivalent period of leave provided under the Act. Provides that, upon the conclusion of leave taken under the Act, an employee shall be reinstated to his or her former position or a substantially equivalent one with no loss of benefits held or accrued prior to taking leave. Provides that, during the period of leave, any health insurance benefits shall be maintained by an employer as if an employee had not taken leave. Provides that an employer may require reasonable verification of the employee's child's length of stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Makes changes to provisions concerning enforcement of the Act. Makes changes to the definitions of "employee" and "employer". Makes other changes.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-3)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-10 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2024 [HB5294 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB5294-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning employment.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Family | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Child" means an employee's son or daughter who is a | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis. | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Department" means the Department of Labor. | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | "Employee" means eligible employee, as defined by Section | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 101(2) of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | U.S.C. 2601 et seq.). | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Employer" means employer, as defined by Section 101(4) of | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2601 et seq.). | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | "Neonatal intensive care unit" or "NICU" means a special | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | care unit that provides medical treatment to premature and | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | critically ill infants.
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20 | Section 10. Neonatal intensive care family leave. | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (a) All employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of |
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1 | the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. | ||||||
2 | (b) An employer shall not require that an employee use | ||||||
3 | leave the employee is entitled to under the Family Medical | ||||||
4 | Leave Act instead of leave the employee is entitled to under | ||||||
5 | this Act.
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6 | Section 15. Unlawful employer practices. | ||||||
7 | (a) It is unlawful for any employer to take any adverse | ||||||
8 | action against an employee because the employee (1) exercises | ||||||
9 | rights or attempts to exercise rights under this Act, (2) | ||||||
10 | opposes practices which such employee believes to be in | ||||||
11 | violation of this Act, or (3) supports the exercise of rights | ||||||
12 | of another under this Act. | ||||||
13 | (b) Exercising rights under this Act includes filing an | ||||||
14 | action or instituting or causing to be instituted any | ||||||
15 | proceeding under or related to this Act; providing or agreeing | ||||||
16 | to provide any information in connection with any inquiry or | ||||||
17 | proceeding relating to any right provided under this Act; or | ||||||
18 | testifying to or agreeing to testify in any inquiry or | ||||||
19 | proceeding relating to any right provided under this Act.
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20 | Section 20. Department responsibilities. | ||||||
21 | (a) The Department shall administer and enforce this Act | ||||||
22 | and adopt rules under the Illinois Administrative Procedure | ||||||
23 | Act for the purpose of this Act. The Department shall have the | ||||||
24 | powers and the parties shall have the rights provided in the |
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1 | Illinois Administrative Procedure Act for contested cases. The | ||||||
2 | Department shall have the power to conduct investigations in | ||||||
3 | connection with the administration and enforcement of this | ||||||
4 | Act, including the power to conduct depositions and discovery | ||||||
5 | and to issue subpoenas. If the Department finds cause to | ||||||
6 | believe that this Act has been violated, the Department shall | ||||||
7 | notify the parties in writing and the matter shall be referred | ||||||
8 | to an administrative law judge to schedule a formal hearing in | ||||||
9 | accordance with hearing procedures established by rule. | ||||||
10 | (b) The Department is authorized to impose civil penalties | ||||||
11 | prescribed in Section 25 in administrative proceedings that | ||||||
12 | comply with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and to | ||||||
13 | supervise the payment of the unpaid wages and damages owing to | ||||||
14 | the employee or employees under this Act. The Department may | ||||||
15 | bring any legal action necessary to recover the amount of | ||||||
16 | unpaid wages, damages, and penalties, and the employer shall | ||||||
17 | be required to pay the costs. Any sums recovered by the | ||||||
18 | Department on behalf of an employee under this Act shall be | ||||||
19 | paid to the employee or employees affected. However, 20% of | ||||||
20 | any penalty collected from the employer for a violation of | ||||||
21 | this Act shall be deposited into the Neonatal Intensive Care | ||||||
22 | Leave Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, and | ||||||
23 | used for the enforcement of this Act. | ||||||
24 | (c) The Attorney General may bring an action to enforce | ||||||
25 | the collection of any civil penalty imposed under this Act.
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1 | Section 25. Enforcement. | ||||||
2 | (a) An employee who believes his or her rights under this | ||||||
3 | Act or any rule adopted under this Act have been violated may, | ||||||
4 | within 60 days after the date of the last event constituting | ||||||
5 | the alleged violation for which the action is brought, file a | ||||||
6 | complaint with the Department or file a civil action. | ||||||
7 | (b) An employer that violates any provision of this Act or | ||||||
8 | any rule adopted under this Act is subject to a civil penalty | ||||||
9 | for each employee affected as follows: | ||||||
10 | (1) first offense, a civil penalty not to exceed $500; | ||||||
11 | (2) second or subsequent offense, a civil penalty not | ||||||
12 | to exceed $1,000. | ||||||
13 | (c) A civil action may be brought in the circuit court by | ||||||
14 | an employee to enforce this Act. The circuit court may enjoin | ||||||
15 | any act or practice that violates or may violate this Act and | ||||||
16 | may order any other equitable relief that is necessary and | ||||||
17 | appropriate to redress the violation or to enforce the Act.
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18 | Section 90. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
19 | Section 5.1015 as follows:
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