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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 603 as follows:
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6 | (820 ILCS 405/603) (from Ch. 48, par. 433)
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7 | Sec. 603. Refusal of work. An individual shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | ineligible for benefits if he has failed,
without good cause, | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | either to apply for available, suitable work when so
directed | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | by the employment office or the Director, or to accept suitable
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11 | work when offered him by the employment office or an employing | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | unit, or
to return to his customary self-employment (if any) | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | when so directed by
the employment office or the Director. Such | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | ineligibility shall continue
for the week in which such failure | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | occurred and, thereafter, until
he has become reemployed and | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | has had earnings equal to or in excess of
his current weekly | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | benefit amount in each of four calendar weeks which are either
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18 | for services in employment, or have been or will be reported | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | pursuant to
the provisions of the Federal Insurance | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Contributions Act by each employing
unit for which such | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | services
are performed and which submits a statement certifying | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | to that fact.
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23 | If, after a layoff, an employer notifies an individual by |
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1 | letter of the employer's recall of the individual for suitable | ||||||
2 | work, and the employee fails to respond within a reasonable | ||||||
3 | time to the recall notice, the individual shall be deemed to | ||||||
4 | have failed,
without good cause, to have accepted suitable
work | ||||||
5 | for purposes of this Section. The fact that an individual did | ||||||
6 | not receive the recall letter because the individual changed | ||||||
7 | his or her address is not a defense if the individual did not | ||||||
8 | notify the employer of the address change. | ||||||
9 | In determining whether or not any work is suitable for an | ||||||
10 | individual,
consideration shall be given to the degree of risk | ||||||
11 | involved to his
health, safety, and morals, his physical | ||||||
12 | fitness and prior training, his
experience and prior earnings, | ||||||
13 | his length of unemployment and prospects
for securing local | ||||||
14 | work in his customary occupation, and the distance of
the | ||||||
15 | available work from his residence.
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16 | Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, no work | ||||||
17 | shall be
deemed suitable and benefits shall not be denied under | ||||||
18 | this Act to any
otherwise eligible individual for refusing to | ||||||
19 | accept new work under any
of the following conditions:
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20 | If the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, | ||||||
21 | lockout,
or other labor dispute; if the wages, hours, or other | ||||||
22 | conditions of the
work offered are substantially less favorable | ||||||
23 | to the individual than
those prevailing for similar work in the | ||||||
24 | locality; if, as a condition of
being employed, the individual | ||||||
25 | would be required to join a company union
or to resign from or | ||||||
26 | refrain from joining any bona fide labor
organization; if the |
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1 | position offered is a transfer to other work offered
to the | ||||||
2 | individual by the employing unit under the terms of a | ||||||
3 | collective
bargaining agreement or pursuant to an established | ||||||
4 | employer plan, program,
or policy, when the acceptance of such | ||||||
5 | other work by the individual would
require the separation from | ||||||
6 | that work of another individual currently performing it.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 82-22.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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