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1 | AN ACT concerning employment.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 1502.1 as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (820 ILCS 405/1502.1) (from Ch. 48, par. 572.1)
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7 | Sec. 1502.1. Employer's benefit charges.
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8 | A. Benefit charges which result from payments to any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | claimant made on or
after July 1, 1989 shall be charged:
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10 | 1. For benefit years beginning prior to July 1, 1989, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | to
each employer who paid wages to the claimant during his | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | base period;
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13 | 2. For benefit years beginning on or after July 1,
1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | but before January 1, 1993, to the later of:
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15 | a. the last employer prior to the beginning of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | claimant's benefit
year:
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17 | i. from whom the claimant was separated or who, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | by reduction of work
offered, caused the claimant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | to become unemployed as defined in Section 239,
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20 | and,
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21 | ii. for whom the claimant performed services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | in employment, on each of
30 days whether or not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | such days are consecutive, provided that the wages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | for
such services were earned during the period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | from the beginning of the
claimant's base period to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | the beginning of the claimant's benefit year; but
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27 | that employer shall not be charged if:
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28 | (1) the claimant's last separation from | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | that employer was a
voluntary leaving without | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | good cause, as the term is used in Section 601A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | or
under the circumstances described in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | paragraphs 1 and 2 of Section 601B; or
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1 | (2) the claimant's last separation from | ||||||
2 | that employer was a
discharge for misconduct or | ||||||
3 | a felony or theft connected with his work from | ||||||
4 | that
employer, as these terms are used in | ||||||
5 | Section 602; or
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6 | (3) after his last separation from that | ||||||
7 | employer, prior to the
beginning of his benefit | ||||||
8 | year, the claimant refused to accept an offer | ||||||
9 | of or to
apply for suitable work from that | ||||||
10 | employer without good cause, as these terms
are | ||||||
11 | used in Section 603; or
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12 | (4) the claimant, following his last | ||||||
13 | separation from that employer,
prior to the | ||||||
14 | beginning of his benefit year, is ineligible or | ||||||
15 | would have
been ineligible under Section 612 if | ||||||
16 | he has or had had base period wages
from the | ||||||
17 | employers to which that Section applies; or
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18 | (5) the claimant subsequently performed | ||||||
19 | services for at least 30
days for an individual | ||||||
20 | or organization which is not an employer | ||||||
21 | subject to
this Act; or
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22 | b. the single employer who pays wages to the | ||||||
23 | claimant that allow him
to requalify for benefits after | ||||||
24 | disqualification under Section 601, 602 or 603,
if:
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25 | i. the disqualifying event occurred prior to | ||||||
26 | the beginning of the
claimant's benefit year, and
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27 | ii. the requalification occurred after the | ||||||
28 | beginning of the claimant's
benefit year, and
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29 | iii. even if the 30 day requirement given in | ||||||
30 | this paragraph is not
satisfied; but
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31 | iv. the requalifying employer shall not be | ||||||
32 | charged if the claimant is
held ineligible with | ||||||
33 | respect to that requalifying employer under | ||||||
34 | Section
601, 602 or 603.
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35 | 3. For benefit years beginning on or after January 1, | ||||||
36 | 1993, with
respect to each week for which benefits are |
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1 | paid, to the later of:
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2 | a. the last employer:
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3 | i. from whom the claimant was separated or who, | ||||||
4 | by reduction of
work offered, caused the claimant | ||||||
5 | to become unemployed as defined in Section
239, and
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6 | ii. for whom the claimant performed services | ||||||
7 | in employment, on
each of 30 days whether or not | ||||||
8 | such days are consecutive, provided that the
wages | ||||||
9 | for such services were earned since the beginning | ||||||
10 | of the claimant's
base period; but that employer | ||||||
11 | shall not be charged if:
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12 | (1) the claimant's separation from that | ||||||
13 | employer was a voluntary
leaving without good | ||||||
14 | cause, as the term is used in Section 601A or | ||||||
15 | under
the circumstances described in | ||||||
16 | paragraphs 1, 2, and 6 of
Section 601B; or
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17 | (2) the claimant's separation from that | ||||||
18 | employer was a discharge
for misconduct or a | ||||||
19 | felony or theft connected with his work from | ||||||
20 | that
employer, as these terms are used in | ||||||
21 | Section 602; or
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22 | (3) the claimant refused to accept an | ||||||
23 | offer of or to apply for
suitable work from | ||||||
24 | that employer without good cause, as these | ||||||
25 | terms are
used in Section 603 (but only for | ||||||
26 | weeks following the refusal of work); or
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27 | (4) the claimant subsequently performed | ||||||
28 | services for at least 30
days for an individual | ||||||
29 | or organization which is not an employer | ||||||
30 | subject to this
Act; or
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31 | (5) the claimant, following his separation | ||||||
32 | from that employer, is
ineligible or would have | ||||||
33 | been ineligible under Section 612 if he has or | ||||||
34 | had
had base period wages from the employers to | ||||||
35 | which that Section applies
(but only for the | ||||||
36 | period of ineligibility or potential |
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1 | ineligibility); or
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2 | b. the single employer who pays wages to the | ||||||
3 | claimant that allow him
to requalify for benefits after | ||||||
4 | disqualification under Section 601, 602, or
603, even | ||||||
5 | if the 30 day requirement given in this paragraph is | ||||||
6 | not
satisfied; but the requalifying employer shall not | ||||||
7 | be charged if the
claimant is held ineligible with | ||||||
8 | respect to that requalifying employer
under Section | ||||||
9 | 601, 602, or 603.
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10 | B. Whenever a claimant is ineligible pursuant to Section | ||||||
11 | 614 on the
basis of wages paid during his base period, any days | ||||||
12 | on which such wages
were earned shall not be counted in | ||||||
13 | determining whether that claimant
performed services during at | ||||||
14 | least 30 days for the employer that paid such
wages as required | ||||||
15 | by paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection A.
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16 | C. If no employer meets the requirements of paragraph 2 or | ||||||
17 | 3 of subsection
A, then no employer will be chargeable for any | ||||||
18 | benefit charges which result
from the payment of benefits to | ||||||
19 | the claimant for that benefit year.
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20 | D. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this | ||||||
21 | Section, no employer
shall be chargeable for any benefit | ||||||
22 | charges which result from the payment of
benefits to any | ||||||
23 | claimant after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
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24 | 1992 where the claimant's separation from that employer | ||||||
25 | occurred
as a result of his detention, incarceration, or | ||||||
26 | imprisonment under State,
local, or federal law.
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27 | D-1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, | ||||||
28 | an employer shall not be chargeable for any benefit charges | ||||||
29 | which result from the payment of benefits to an individual for | ||||||
30 | any week of unemployment during the period that the employer's | ||||||
31 | business is closed solely because of the entrance of the | ||||||
32 | employer, one or more of the partners or officers of the | ||||||
33 | employer, or the majority stockholder of the employer into | ||||||
34 | active duty in the Illinois National Guard or the Armed Forces | ||||||
35 | of the United States.
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36 | E. For the purposes of Sections 302, 409, 701, 1403, 1404, |
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1 | 1405 and
1508.1, last employer means the employer that:
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2 | 1. is charged for benefit payments which become benefit | ||||||
3 | charges under this
Section, or
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4 | 2. would have been liable for such benefit charges if | ||||||
5 | it had not elected
to make payments in lieu of | ||||||
6 | contributions.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 93-634, eff. 1-1-04.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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