Rep. Jay Hoffman
Filed: 3/1/2022
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 645 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 645 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Employee Sick Leave Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 21 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 191/21)
7    Sec. 21. Employments exempted from coverage.
8    (a) This Act does not apply to an employer or employee as 
9defined in either the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
10Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) or the Federal Employers' 
11Liability Act, United States Code, Title 45, Sections 51 
12through 60, or other comparable federal law. 
13    (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to invalidate, 
14diminish, or otherwise interfere with any collective 
15bargaining agreement nor shall it be construed to invalidate, 
16diminish, or otherwise interfere with any party's power to 
 
 
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1collectively bargain such an agreement. 
2    (c) This Act does not apply to any other employment 
3expressly exempted under rules adopted by the Department as 
4necessary to implement this Act in accordance with applicable 
5State and federal law. 

6    (d)    This Act is intended to create a minimum level of 
7benefits for all employees. Nothing in this Act shall be 
8deemed to interfere with, or in any way diminish the right of 
9employees to bargain collectively with their employers through 
10representatives of their own choosing in order to establish 
11sick leave benefits in excess of the minimum levels set forth 
12in this Act. 
13(Source: P.A. 102-678, eff. 12-10-21.)".