093_SB0063 LRB093 02035 NHT 02035 b 1 AN ACT concerning higher education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The State Universities Civil Service Act is 5 amended by adding Section 36n-5 as follows: 6 (110 ILCS 70/36n-5 new) 7 Sec. 36n-5. Extra-help appointments. 8 (a) In this Section: 9 "Status appointment" means "status appointment" as 10 defined in 80 Ill. Adm. Code 250.5. 11 "Status employee" means "status employee" as defined in 12 80 Ill. Adm. Code 250.5. 13 "Status position" means "status position" as defined in 14 80 Ill. Adm. Code 250.5. 15 (b) An extra-help appointment may be made by an employer 16 to any position for work that the employer attests to be 17 casual or emergent in nature and that meets all of the 18 following conditions: 19 (1) The amount of time for which the services are 20 needed is not usually predictable. 21 (2) Payment for work performed is usually made on 22 an hourly basis. 23 (3) The work cannot readily be assigned either on a 24 straighttime or on an overtime basis to a status 25 employee. 26 (c) An extra-help position may be utilized for a maximum 27 of 900 hours of actual work in any consecutive 12 calendar 28 months. The employer shall review the status of the position 29 at least every 3 calendar months. After an extra-help 30 position has accrued 900 consecutive hours, the appointment 31 shall become a permanent, status appointment with benefits -2- LRB093 02035 NHT 02035 b 1 within the limits established for comparable service in a 2 status position and the extra-help position shall be 3 terminated and shall not be reestablished until at least 6 4 months time has elapsed from the date of termination of the 5 extra-help position. 6 (d) Upon working 900 hours, an extra-help employee 7 cannot resume employment in any extra-help appointment at a 8 place of employment until 30 calendar days have elapsed. 9 (e) Compensation of extra-help employees shall be within 10 the limits established for comparable service in a status 11 position. 12 (f) An extra-help employee who becomes a status employee 13 shall receive seniority for all hours worked as an extra-help 14 employee, and seniority shall be applied in the same manner 15 as for employees in status positions. 16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 17 becoming law.