SB0200enr 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0200 Enrolled LRB100 04915 JLS 14925 b

AN ACT concerning employment.

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 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. This Section does not apply to individuals who are employed by a private company and licensed under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, are required to be on call during an entire 8-hour work period, and are not local government employees; however, those individuals shall be allowed to eat a meal during the 8-hour work period while on call.

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

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.