94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4194


 
Introduced 11/4/2005, by Rep. Robert S. Molaro
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













775 ILCS 5/2-103.1 new










    Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Prohibits
an employer from requiring an employee to solicit customers to apply for issuance of a credit card, or other credit confirmation or identification, that is intended primarily for the purpose of purchasing or leasing goods or services from the employer, a person related to the employer, or others licensed or franchised to do business under the employer's business or trade name or designation. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for an employer to discharge or discriminate against an employee in promotion, compensation, or the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment for failing or refusing to solicit customers to apply for issuance of a credit card or other credit confirmation or identification.  Contains applicability provisions regarding employees affected by a collective bargaining or other employment agreement that is inconsistent with the new provisions.
















LRB094 14525 WGH 49462 b

















FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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HB4194

LRB094 14525 WGH 49462 b






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    AN ACT concerning human rights.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended  by 
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adding Section 2-103.1 as follows:
 
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    (775 ILCS 5/2-103.1 new)

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    Sec. 2-103.1. Credit card solicitation prohibited.
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    (a) An employer may not require an employee to solicit 
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customers to apply for issuance of a credit card, or other 
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credit confirmation or identification, that is intended 
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primarily for the purpose of purchasing or leasing goods or 
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services from the employer, a person related to the employer, 
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or others licensed or franchised to do business under the 
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employer's business or trade name or designation. It is a civil 
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rights violation for an employer to discharge or discriminate 
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against an employee in promotion, in compensation, or in the 
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terms, conditions, or privileges of employment for failing or 
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refusing to solicit customers to apply for issuance of a credit 
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card, or other credit confirmation or identification, as 
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provided in this Section.
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    (b) Subsection (a) first applies to an employee who, on the 
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day before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
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94th General Assembly, is affected by a collective bargaining 
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or other employment agreement that contains provisions 
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inconsistent with subsection (a) on the day on which the 
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agreement expires or is extended, modified, or renewed, 
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whichever occurs first.