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Illinois Issues Required Employer Posting and Fact Sheet under Pregnancy Accommodations Law; New Handbook Policy Available

01/22/15

The Illinois Human Rights Act (“IHRA”) now offers additional protection for pregnant women in the workplace and additional responsibilities for employers with respect to their pregnant workers.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015/Author: SuperUser Account/Number of views (14307)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Illinois

Illinois Becomes the Fifth State to Ban the Box

8/21/14

Illinois has passed the Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act. The Act provides that a private employer may not inquire into or require disclosure of a job applicant's criminal record or criminal history before the candidate has been notified that the candidate has been selected for a job interview or has been offered a conditional offer of employment. It requires consideration of the nature and gravity of a candidate's conviction record, the time elapsed since the conviction, and whether the conviction has a direct bearing on the candidate's fitness before excluding a candidate.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014/Author: SuperUser Account/Number of views (13264)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Illinois

Illinois Firearms Concealed Carry Act Update

11/07/13

Executive Summary

Property owners wishing to prohibit concealed firearms from being carried on their property must post officially approved signage conspicuously at the entrance of their building, premises or real property, according to a regulation published by the Illinois State Police. Owners of parcels where concealed carry is prohibited by the Illinois Firearms Concealed Carry Act also must post the required sign in the same manner. The IL state police have released guidance on the posting requirements as well as a model poster. For more information please review the details below.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014/Author: Shirley Johnson/Number of views (9386)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Illinois

Medical Marijuana Legalized in Illinois

11/21/13

Executive Summary

On January 1, 2014, Illinois will become the 20th state in the nation to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. Illinois’ governor signed the legislation, the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act (“Cannabis Act”), to create the four-year pilot program. The program allows patients diagnosed with one of 42 specific, debilitating medical conditions to use medicinal marijuana. Qualifying individuals will be issued a Registry Identification Card by the Department of Public Health. Illinois has removed state-level criminal penalties from the medical use and cultivation of cannabis. The purpose of the Act is to protect patients with certain debilitating medical conditions, as well as their physicians and providers, from arrest and prosecution, criminal and other penalties, and property forfeiture if the patients engage in the medical use of cannabis.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014/Author: Shirley Johnson/Number of views (8496)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Illinois

Illinois Workplace Violence Prevention Act

11/21/13

Executive Summary

Illinois has passed a law with the stated intention to assist employers in protecting its workforce, customers, guests and property by limiting access to workplace venues by potentially violent individuals. Effective January 1, 2014, IL employers with 5 or more employees may seek a court order of protection if the business or its employees are threatened by an individual.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014/Author: Shirley Johnson/Number of views (7925)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Illinois

New Chicago Ordinance Bans Smoking of E-Cigarettes Indoors

09/06/14

Executive Summary

Effective April 29, 2014, a new Chicago ordinance will prohibit smoking of electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes) in enclosed public places and enclosed places of employment in the city. Chicago joins New York City and a handful of other jurisdictions (including the states of Arkansas, North Dakota, and Utah) to have included e-cigarettes in their indoor smoking regulations. 


Wednesday, July 9, 2014/Author: Shirley Johnson/Number of views (7091)/Comments (0)/
Categories: Illinois
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Recent IL Updates

Illinois Prohibits Discrimination Because of Family Responsibilities

10/03/24

Author: ADP Admin/Tuesday, October 1, 2024/Categories: Compliance Corner , State Compliance Update, Illinois

Illinois has enacted legislation that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees because of their family responsibilities. The changes take effect Jan. 1, 2025.

The Details

The law defines family responsibilities as an employee’s actual or perceived provision of personal care to a family member.

The law defines personal care as activities to ensure that a covered family member's basic medical, hygiene, nutritional, or safety needs are met, or to provide transportation to medical appointments, for a covered family member who is unable to meet those needs themselves. It also means being physically present to provide emotional support to a covered family member with a serious health condition who is receiving inpatient or home care.

The definition of family member includes an employee's child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent.

Exceptions


The law doesn’t require employers to make accommodations or modifications to reasonable workplace rules or policies for an employee based on family responsibilities, including accommodations or modifications related to leave, scheduling, productivity, attendance, absenteeism, timeliness, work performance, referrals from a labor union hiring hall, and benefits, as long as the rules or policies are applied in accordance with the state’s nondiscrimination and anti-harassment law.

Next Steps

·      Review policies and practices to ensure compliance with the law.

·      Train supervisors on the changes.

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