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90_HB1153
820 ILCS 405/500.1 new
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an
individual is deemed not actively seeking work if: (i) he or
she was last employed by a temporary help firm, (ii) during
the week for which he or she claims benefits, he or she did
not contact the firm for an assignment, and (iii) the firm
files with the Director of Employment Security a notice
alleging the individual failed to contact the firm during
that week.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act by adding
2 Section 500.1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
6 adding Section 500.1 as follows:
7 (820 ILCS 405/500.1 new)
8 Sec. 500.1. Temporary help firm; eligibility. An
9 individual is deemed not actively seeking work if he or she
10 was last employed by a temporary help firm and, during the
11 week for which he or she claims benefits, did not contact the
12 firm for an assignment, provided that the temporary help firm
13 has filed with the Director, within the time limits specified
14 by rules of the Director, a notice alleging the individual
15 failed to contact the firm during that week.
16 As used in this Section, "temporary help firm" means an
17 employing unit that hires its own employees and assigns them
18 to clients to support or supplement the client's workforce in
19 work situations such as employee absences, temporary skill
20 shortages, seasonal workloads, or special assignments or
21 projects.