Bill Amendment: IL SB0645 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly

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Bill Title: EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE-EXEMPTION

Status: 2022-05-13 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0817 [SB0645 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB0645-House_Amendment_001.html

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Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 3/1/2022

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 645
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 645 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Employee Sick Leave Act is amended by
changing Section 21 as follows:
(820 ILCS 191/21)
Sec. 21. Employments exempted from coverage.
(a) This Act does not apply to an employer or employee as
defined in either the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance
Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) or the Federal Employers'
Liability Act, United States Code, Title 45, Sections 51
through 60, or other comparable federal law.
(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to invalidate,
diminish, or otherwise interfere with any collective
bargaining agreement nor shall it be construed to invalidate,
diminish, or otherwise interfere with any party's power to

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collectively bargain such an agreement.
(c) This Act does not apply to any other employment
expressly exempted under rules adopted by the Department as
necessary to implement this Act in accordance with applicable
State and federal law.
(d) This Act is intended to create a minimum level of
benefits for all employees. Nothing in this Act shall be
deemed to interfere with, or in any way diminish the right of
employees to bargain collectively with their employers through
representatives of their own choosing in order to establish
sick leave benefits in excess of the minimum levels set forth
in this Act.
(Source: P.A. 102-678, eff. 12-10-21.)".