98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0851

 

Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 55/10  from Ch. 48, par. 2860

    Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prohibited inquiries.


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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 Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act is
5amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 55/10)  (from Ch. 48, par. 2860)
7    Sec. 10. Prohibited inquiries.
8    (a) It shall be unlawful for any employer to inquire, in a
9written application or in any other manner, of any prospective
10employee or of the the prospective employee's previous
11employers, whether that prospective employee has ever filed a
12claim for benefits under the Workers' Compensation Act or
13Workers' Occupational Diseases Act or received benefits under
14these Acts.
15    (b)(1) It shall be unlawful for any employer to request or
16require any employee or prospective employee to provide any
17password or other related account information in order to gain
18access to the employee's or prospective employee's account or
19profile on a social networking website or to demand access in
20any manner to an employee's or prospective employee's account
21or profile on a social networking website.
22    (2) Nothing in this subsection shall limit an employer's
23right to:

 

 

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1        (A) promulgate and maintain lawful workplace policies
2    governing the use of the employer's electronic equipment,
3    including policies regarding Internet use, social
4    networking site use, and electronic mail use; and
5        (B) monitor usage of the employer's electronic
6    equipment and the employer's electronic mail without
7    requesting or requiring any employee or prospective
8    employee to provide any password or other related account
9    information in order to gain access to the employee's or
10    prospective employee's account or profile on a social
11    networking website.
12    (3) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit an employer
13from obtaining about a prospective employee or an employee
14information that is in the public domain or that is otherwise
15obtained in compliance with this amendatory Act of the 97th
16General Assembly.
17    (4) For the purposes of this subsection, "social networking
18website" means an Internet-based service that allows
19individuals to:
20        (A) construct a public or semi-public profile within a
21    bounded system, created by the service;
22        (B) create a list of other users with whom they share a
23    connection within the system; and
24        (C) view and navigate their list of connections and
25    those made by others within the system.
26    "Social networking website" shall not include electronic

 

 

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1mail.
2(Source: P.A. 97-875, eff. 1-1-13.)