(820 ILCS 190/5)
Sec. 5. Public policy. It is the purpose of this
Act that temporary or short-term employees employed by the State
of Illinois and its political subdivisions or other public
employers shall have continuity of health and welfare insurance,
pension, and other fringe benefits for work performed for the State of Illinois, its political subdivisions, and other
public employers, and that the State of Illinois and its
political subdivisions and other public employers shall have
the contractual authority to execute written agreements with
employee benefit plans and labor organizations to ensure that
temporary and short-term employees have continuity of health and
welfare insurance, pension, and other fringe benefits for work
performed for the State of Illinois and its political subdivisions or
other public employers.
(Source: P.A. 95-455, eff. 8-27-07.) |