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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB5052 Introduced 2/7/2012, by Rep. David R. Leitch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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820 ILCS 405/602 | from Ch. 48, par. 432 |
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Amends provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act regarding ineligibility for benefits because of a discharge for misconduct by changing the elements of the definition of "misconduct" as follows: by requiring that a violation constituting misconduct be knowing (rather than deliberate and willful); by providing that a violation of a reasonable rule or policy has harmed the employing unit or another employee or other employees (rather than the employing unit or other employees); and by providing that a violation is knowing when an individual acts deliberately to violate the rule or policy, is consciously aware that his or her conduct will violate the rule or policy, or is consciously aware that his or her conduct is practically certain to violate the rule or policy.
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| | HB5052 | | LRB097 17478 WGH 62681 b |
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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 602 as follows:
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6 | | (820 ILCS 405/602) (from Ch. 48, par. 432)
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7 | | Sec. 602. Discharge for misconduct - Felony. A. An |
8 | | individual shall be
ineligible for benefits for the week in |
9 | | which he has been discharged for
misconduct connected with his |
10 | | work and, thereafter, until he has become
reemployed and has |
11 | | had earnings equal to or in excess of his current weekly
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12 | | benefit amount in each of four calendar weeks
which are either |
13 | | for services in employment, or have been or will be reported
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14 | | pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Insurance |
15 | | Contributions Act by
each employing unit for which such |
16 | | services are performed and which submits
a statement certifying |
17 | | to that fact.
The requalification requirements of the preceding |
18 | | sentence shall be
deemed to have been satisfied, as of the date |
19 | | of reinstatement, if,
subsequent to his discharge by an |
20 | | employing unit for misconduct connected
with his work, such |
21 | | individual is reinstated by such employing unit. For
purposes |
22 | | of this subsection, the term "misconduct" means the knowing |
23 | | deliberate and
willful violation of a reasonable rule or policy |