- December
- November
- October
- September
- August
- Human Rights Act
- School Code Sick Leave
- Equal Pay Act
- Prevailing Wage Act
- Medical Leave for School District and College Employees
- Freedom To Work Act Covenant Not To Compete
- Human Rights Act
- Government Severance Pay Act
- Human Rights Act
- Public Safety Employee Benefits Act
- Firefighter and Emergency Medical Workers' Compensation
- Public Labor Relations Act
- July
- June
- May
- April
- March
- February
- January
December
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
November
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
October
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
September
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
August
Human Rights Act
Bill
House Bill 121
Summary
Amends the Human Rights Act; provides that it is the public policy of the State to prevent discrimination based on the specific status or term of status that accompanies a legal work authorization; defines work authorization status as the status of being a person born outside of the United States, and not a U.S. citizen, who is authorized by the federal government to work in the United States; prevents discrimination based on the specific status or term of status that accompanies a legal work authorization.
Enacted
08/02/2021
Effective Date
08/02/2021
Topics
Discrimination; Legal_work_status; Work_authorization
School Code Sick Leave
Bill
House Bill 816
Summary
Amends the School Code; allows sick leave to be interpreted to mean birth, adoption, placement for adoption, and the acceptance of a child in need of foster care.
Enacted
08/06/2021
Effective Date
08/06/2021
Topics
Adopted; Child; Foster; Government; Bonding; Parental; K-12
Equal Pay Act
Bill
House Bill 1207
Summary
Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003; relates to engaging in discussions with an applicant for employment about the applicant’s expectations with respect to wage or salary, benefits, and other compensation, including unvested equity or deferred compensation that the applicant would forfeit or have canceled by virtue of the applicant’s resignation from the applicant’s current employer.
Enacted
08/06/2021
Effective Date
01/01/2022
Topics
Salary_history; Wage_history
Prevailing Wage Act
Bill
Senate Bill 1767
Summary
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act; provides that the electronic database of certified payrolls must be searchable by the general public no later than January 1, 2022; requires personal identifying information to be redacted.
Enacted
08/06/2021
Effective Date
08/06/2021
Topics
Prevailing_wage
Medical Leave for School District and College Employees
Bill
House Bill 12
Summary
Relates to eligibility for leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act for school district employees. university employees, and community college employees who have been employed for a certain number of month and hours.
Enacted
08/10/2021
Effective Date
01/01/2022
Topics
Government; Family; Medical; Boards_of_Education; Higher_education; K-12
Freedom To Work Act Covenant Not To Compete
Bill
Senate Bill 672
Summary
Prohibits covenants not to compete and covenants not to solicit unless certain restrictions are met; relates to enforceability of a covenant; ensures employees are informed about their obligations; relates to furloughs or lays off due to COVID-19; relates to individuals covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
Enacted
08/13/2021
Effective Date
01/01/2022
Topics
Covenant_not_compete; Covenant_not_solicit; Non-compete; Non-solicitation; Attorney_general; Civil_penalty; Damages; Equitable_relief; Fines; Restitution
Human Rights Act
Bill
Senate Bill 1561
Summary
Amends the Human Rights Act; provides that it is a civil rights violation for a third-party loan modification service provider, because of unlawful discrimination, familial status, or an arrest record, to refuse to engage in loan modification services or to discriminate in making such services available, or alter the terms, conditions, or privileges of such services; makes changes concerning what constitutes retaliation under various Articles of the Act.
Enacted
08/13/2021
Effective Date
01/01/2022
Topics
Criminal_history; Discrimination; Retaliation
Government Severance Pay Act
Bill
Senate Bill 2240
Summary
Amends the Government Severance Pay Act; modifies the definition of severance pay to apply to a university president or chancellor who is transitioning to a new position within the university for which he or she is employed, but excluding interim presidents and interim chancellors; provides that a contract containing a severance pay provision must include, among other requirements, a requirement that if a provision to transition into a different position is included in a university.
Enacted
08/13/2021
Effective Date
08/13/2021
Topics
Higher_education; Severance
Human Rights Act
Bill
House Bill 1838
Summary
Amends the Human Rights Act; provides that discrimination based on disability includes unlawful discrimination against an individual because of the individual’s association with a person with a disability.
Enacted
08/20/2021
Effective Date
01/01/2022
Topics
Assoc_with_disabled; Discrimination
Public Safety Employee Benefits Act
Bill
House Bill 2568
Summary
Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act; provides that a health insurance plan, as defined, is limited to the insurance plan options codified in the employee collective bargaining agreement or bargained upon with an authorized agent and subject to the grievance process.
Enacted
08/20/2021
Effective Date
01/01/2022
Topics
Government; Labor_law
Firefighter and Emergency Medical Workers’ Compensation
Bill
House Bill 3662
Summary
Amends the Workers’ Compensation Act; provides that, with respect to firefighters and emergency medical technicians, a contagious staph infection, including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is rebuttably presumed to arise out of and in the course of employment.
Enacted
08/20/2021
Effective Date
08/20/2021
Topics
Workers_comp
Public Labor Relations Act
Bill
House Bill 2521
Summary
Amends the Public Labor Relations Act; provides that the showing of interest in support of a petition filed for the purpose of selecting a labor organization as the representative of the employees in a bargaining unit may be evidenced by electronic communications, and such writing or communication may be evidenced by the electronic signature of the employees; provides that the showing of interest shall be valid only if signed within 12 months prior to the filing of the petition.
Enacted
08/27/2021
Effective Date
08/27/2021
Topics
Government; Labor_law
July
Wage Payment and Collection Act
Bill
Senate Bill 118
Summary
Amends the Wage Payment and Collection Act; provides that an employee is entitled to recover damages of a specified percent of the amount of any underpayments in wages for each month following the date of payment during which such underpayments remain unpaid.
Enacted
07/09/2021
Effective Date
07/09/2021
Topics
Administrative; Civil_action; Damages
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act
Bill
House Bill 3139
Summary
Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act; concerns regulation; provides penalties; provides administration to persons with disabilities in park district programs.
Enacted
07/09/2021
Effective Date
07/09/2021
Topics
Marijuana
Public Labor Relations Act
Bill
Senate Bill 525
Summary
Amends the Public Labor Relations Act; specifies further requirements for labor unit clarification; provides that no collective bargaining agreement entered into between an executive branch constitutional officer or any agency or department of an executive branch constitutional officer and a labor organization may extend more than 12 months after the date on which the terms of office of executive branch constitutional officers begin.
Enacted
07/23/2021
Effective Date
07/23/2021
Topics
Labor_law
Private Detective Agency Training
Bill
Senate Bill 548
Summary
Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act; specifies, in a provision requiring training for registered employees of a private detective agency within 30 days of their employment, that the training may be classroom-based or online Internet-based and removes certain topics that must be included in that training.
Enacted
07/23/2021
Effective Date
01/01/2022
Topics
Recordkeeping; Training; Private_investigator
June
Portable Audiovisual Rigging: Child Labor Law
Bill
Senate Bill 1847
Summary
Amends the Freedom of Information Act to remove an exemption from disclosure for certain information under the Equal Pay Act; amends the Equal Pay Act; requires employers with fewer than 100 employees to certify that they are exempt from specified provisions; provides that a business subject to the equal pay registration certificate requirement shall apply for and obtain an equal pay registration certificate during a certain time period.
Enacted
06/25/2021
Effective Date
06/25/2021
Topics
Fines; Certification; Compliance; Recordkeeping; Reporting_required; Large_employers; Small_employer; Equal_pay
Workers Compensation Commission
Bill
Senate Bill 1993
Summary
Amends the Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code of by transferring all powers, duties, rights, responsibilities, personnel, books, records, papers, documents, property, contracts, causes of action, and pending business of the Insurance Compliance Division within the Workers’ Compensation Commission to the Department of Insurance.
Enacted
06/25/2021
Effective Date
07/01/2021
Topics
Workers_comp
May
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
April
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
March
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
February
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.
January
There were no employment and/or labor bills that were enacted that were identified.