97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3029

 

Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Michelle Mussman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 405/602  from Ch. 48, par. 432

    Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that no benefit rights shall accrue to any individual based upon wages from any employer for service rendered prior to the day upon which such individual was discharged because of the commission of a misdemeanor in connection with his work. Provides that no benefits may be paid to any individual who is found guilty of or is granted supervision for a felony or misdemeanor committed against his or her former employer and is receiving benefits based on employment with his or her former employer. Effective January 1, 2012.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
5changing Section 602 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 405/602)  (from Ch. 48, par. 432)
7    Sec. 602. Discharge for misconduct - Felony or misdemeanor.
8A. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits for the week
9in which he has been discharged for misconduct connected with
10his work and, thereafter, until he has become reemployed and
11has had earnings equal to or in excess of his current weekly
12benefit amount in each of four calendar weeks which are either
13for services in employment, or have been or will be reported
14pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Insurance
15Contributions Act by each employing unit for which such
16services are performed and which submits a statement certifying
17to that fact. The requalification requirements of the preceding
18sentence shall be deemed to have been satisfied, as of the date
19of reinstatement, if, subsequent to his discharge by an
20employing unit for misconduct connected with his work, such
21individual is reinstated by such employing unit. For purposes
22of this subsection, the term "misconduct" means the deliberate
23and willful violation of a reasonable rule or policy of the

 

 

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1employing unit, governing the individual's behavior in
2performance of his work, provided such violation has harmed the
3employing unit or other employees or has been repeated by the
4individual despite a warning or other explicit instruction from
5the employing unit.
6    B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no
7benefit rights shall accrue to any individual based upon wages
8from any employer for service rendered prior to the day upon
9which such individual was discharged because of the commission
10of a felony or misdemeanor in connection with his work, or
11because of theft in connection with his work, for which the
12employer was in no way responsible; provided, that the employer
13notified the Director of such possible ineligibility within the
14time limits specified by regulations of the Director, and that
15the individual has admitted his commission of the felony,
16misdemeanor, or theft to a representative of the Director, or
17has signed a written admission of such act and such written
18admission has been presented to a representative of the
19Director, or such act has resulted in a conviction or order of
20supervision by a court of competent jurisdiction; and provided
21further, that if by reason of such act, he is in legal custody,
22held on bail or is a fugitive from justice, the determination
23of his benefit rights shall be held in abeyance pending the
24result of any legal proceedings arising therefrom.
25    C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no
26benefits may be paid to any individual who is found guilty of

 

 

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1or is granted supervision for a felony or misdemeanor committed
2against his or her former employer and is receiving benefits
3based on employment with his or her former employer.
4(Source: P.A. 85-956.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
61, 2012.