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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2830 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Visitation Rights Act. Prohibits an employer from terminating an employee because of an absence from work due to employee's attendance at a school conference or activity. Effective immediately.
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| | HB2830 | | LRB101 10637 JLS 55743 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Visitation Rights Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 35 as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 147/35)
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| 7 | | Sec. 35. Employee rights. |
| 8 | | (a) No employee shall lose any employee
benefits, except as |
| 9 | | provided for in Section 20 of this Act, for exercising
his or |
| 10 | | her rights under this Act. Nothing in this Act shall be |
| 11 | | construed to
affect an employer's obligation to comply with any |
| 12 | | collective bargaining
agreement or employee benefit plan. |
| 13 | | Nothing in this Act shall prevent an
employer from providing |
| 14 | | school visitation rights in excess of the requirements
of this |
| 15 | | Act. The rights afforded by this Act shall not be diminished by |
| 16 | | any
collective bargaining act or by any employee benefit plan.
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| 17 | | (b) An employer may not terminate an employee for an |
| 18 | | absence from work if the absence is due to the employee's |
| 19 | | attendance at a school conference or activity. |
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 87-1240.)
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| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 22 | | becoming law.
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