Bill Text: IL HB0868 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the One Day Rest In Seven Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning meal periods.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0868 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB0868-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB0868 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 140/3 from Ch. 48, par. 8c
Amends the One Day Rest In Seven Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning meal periods.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The One Day Rest In Seven Act is amended by
changing Section 3 as follows:
(820 ILCS 140/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 8c)
Sec. 3. Every employer shall permit its employees who are
to work for 7 1/2 continuous hours or longer, except those
specified in this Section, at least 20 minutes for a meal
period beginning no later than 5 hours after the the start of
the work period.
This Section does not apply to employees for whom meal
periods are established through the collective bargaining
process.
This Section does not apply to employees who monitor
individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness,
or both, and who, in the course of those duties, are required
to be on call during an entire 8 hour work period; however,
those employees shall be allowed to eat a meal during the 8
hour work period while continuing to monitor those individuals.
This Section does not apply to individuals who are employed
by a private company and licensed under the Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) Systems Act, are required to be on call during

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an entire 8-hour work period, and are not local government
employees; however, those individuals shall be allowed to eat a
meal during the 8-hour work period while on call.
(Source: P.A. 100-1067, eff. 8-24-18.)