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Rep. Fred Crespo
Filed: 3/22/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3361
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3361 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 3.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (820 ILCS 115/3.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.5. Reporting time pay for nurses. |
| 8 | | (a) Each workday a nurse is required to report for work, |
| 9 | | based upon a previously approved and distributed work schedule, |
| 10 | | and either (1) does report, but is not put to work, (2) does |
| 11 | | report and is furnished less than one-half the nurse's usual or |
| 12 | | scheduled day's work, or (3) was directed to not report, the |
| 13 | | nurse shall be paid for half the usual or scheduled day's work, |
| 14 | | but in no event for less than 4 hours, at the nurse's regular |
| 15 | | rate of pay, which shall not be less than the minimum wage. |
| 16 | | (b) If a nurse is required to report for work a second time |
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| 1 | | in any one workday and is furnished less than 2 hours of work |
| 2 | | on the second reporting, the nurse shall be paid for 2 hours at |
| 3 | | the nurse's regular rate of pay, which shall not be less than |
| 4 | | the minimum wage. |
| 5 | | (c) The reporting time pay provisions established under |
| 6 | | this Section are not applicable when: |
| 7 | | (1) operations cannot commence or continue due to |
| 8 | | threats to employees or property or when recommended by |
| 9 | | civil authorities; |
| 10 | | (2) public utilities fail to supply electricity, |
| 11 | | water, or gas, or there is a failure in the public |
| 12 | | utilities or sewer system; or |
| 13 | | (3) the interruption of work is caused by an Act of God |
| 14 | | or other cause not within the employer's control. |
| 15 | | (d) This Section does not apply to a nurse on paid standby |
| 16 | | status who is called to perform assigned work at a time other |
| 17 | | than the nurse's scheduled reporting time. |
| 18 | | (e) This Section applies to all nurses, including those who |
| 19 | | use technology to overcome physical distance between patient |
| 20 | | and nurse to deliver nursing care and conduct nursing practice.
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| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
| 22 | | 1, 2020.".
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