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| | HB2975 Engrossed | | LRB101 08706 JLS 53791 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 Employment Contract Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 15/5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Prohibition against requiring waiver of statutory |
| 8 | | rights as a condition of employment. |
| 9 | | (a) In this Section: |
| 10 | | "Employee" means any person employed by or suffered or |
| 11 | | permitted to work for an employer. |
| 12 | | "Employer" means any person, either individual, |
| 13 | | corporation, partnership, agency, or firm, that employs an |
| 14 | | employee and includes any person, either individual, |
| 15 | | corporation, partnership, agency, or firm, acting directly or |
| 16 | | indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an |
| 17 | | employee. |
| 18 | | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of Illinois law to the |
| 19 | | contrary, no employer shall require as a condition or |
| 20 | | precondition of employment that any employee or person seeking |
| 21 | | employment waive, arbitrate, or otherwise diminish any |
| 22 | | existing or future claim, right, or benefit to which the |
| 23 | | employee or person seeking employment would otherwise be |