Bill Text: IL HB2961 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Provides that the notice to employees under the Act must include language encouraging employees to report to the employer the possibility of a domestic or intimate partner committing an act of violence at the workplace. Provides that the notice must be distributed to all employees on an annual basis.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2961 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2961-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2961 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 180/40
Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Provides that the notice to employees under the Act must include language encouraging employees to report to the employer the possibility of a domestic or intimate partner committing an act of violence at the workplace. Provides that the notice must be distributed to all employees on an annual basis.
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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 Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act
is amended by changing Section 40 as follows:
(820 ILCS 180/40)
Sec. 40. Notification.
(a) Every employer covered by this Act shall post and keep
posted, in conspicuous places on the premises of the employer
where notices to employees are customarily posted, a notice,
to be prepared or approved by the Director of Labor,
summarizing the requirements of this Act and information
pertaining to the filing of a charge. The Director shall
furnish copies of summaries and rules to employers upon
request without charge. Any employer that fails to post the
required notice may not rely on the provisions in subsection
(b) of Section 20 to claim that the employee failed to inform
the employer that she or he wanted or was eligible for leave
under this Act.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the
notice must contain the following language:
"This company and State law encourages employees who think
they might be at risk of a domestic or intimate partner coming

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to the workplace to commit an act of violence to share
information with a supervisor, security personnel, human
resources personnel, or other company representative about the
potential risk, as State law requires the company to make all
reasonable accommodations to protect the reporting employee
and all employees from the risk of violence. State law
protects all employees from any sort of discrimination or
retaliation for informing the company about the potential risk
of a domestic or intimate partner coming to the workplace,
including firing or demotion.".
The notice required under this subsection must also be
distributed to all employees on an annual basis.
(Source: P.A. 96-635, eff. 8-24-09.)