HB5449 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5449

Introduced 02/06/04, by Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

820 ILCS 140/3

from Ch. 48, par. 8c

Amends the One Day Rest In Seven Act. Makes a stylistic change in provisions concerning meal periods.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning labor.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The One Day Rest In Seven Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(820 ILCS 140/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 8c)

Sec. 3. Every employer shall permit its employees who are to work for 7 1/2 continuous hours or longer, except as otherwise those specified in this Section, at least 20 minutes for a meal period beginning no later than 5 hours after the start of the work period.

This Section does not apply to employees for whom meal periods are established through the collective bargaining process.

This Section does not apply to employees who monitor individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness, or both, and who, in the course of those duties, are required to be on call during an entire 8 hour work period; however, those employees shall be allowed to eat a meal during the 8 hour work period while continuing to monitor those individuals.

(Source: P.A. 88-73.)