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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act
5is amended by changing Sections 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 45 as
6follows:
 
7    (820 ILCS 180/10)
8    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, except as otherwise
9expressly provided:
10        (1) "Commerce" includes trade, traffic, commerce,
11    transportation, or communication; and "industry or
12    activity affecting commerce" means any activity, business,
13    or industry in commerce or in which a labor dispute would
14    hinder or obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce,
15    and includes "commerce" and any "industry affecting
16    commerce".
17        (2) "Course of conduct" means a course of repeatedly
18    maintaining a visual or physical proximity to a person or
19    conveying oral or written threats, including threats
20    conveyed through electronic communications, or threats
21    implied by conduct.
22        (2.5) "Crime of violence" means any conduct proscribed
23    by Articles 9, 11, 12, 26.5, 29D, and 33A of the Criminal

 

 

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1    Code of 2012 or a similar provision of Criminal Code of
2    1961, in addition to conduct proscribed by Articles of the
3    Criminal Code of 2012 referenced in other definitions in
4    this Section.
5        (3) "Department" means the Department of Labor.
6        (4) "Director" means the Director of Labor.
7        (5) "Domestic violence, sexual violence, or gender
8    violence" means domestic violence, sexual assault, gender
9    violence, or stalking.
10        (6) "Domestic violence" means abuse, as defined in
11    Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986,
12    by a family or household member, as defined in Section 103
13    of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
14        (7) "Electronic communications" includes
15    communications via telephone, mobile phone, computer,
16    e-mail, video recorder, fax machine, telex, pager, online
17    platform (including, but not limited to, any public-facing
18    website, web application, digital application, or social
19    network), or any other electronic communication, as
20    defined in Section 12-7.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
21        (8) "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.
22        (9) Employee.
23            (A) In general. "Employee" means any person
24        employed by an employer.
25            (B) Basis. "Employee" includes a person employed
26        as described in subparagraph (A) on a full or

 

 

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1        part-time basis, or as a participant in a work
2        assignment as a condition of receipt of federal or
3        State income-based public assistance.
4        (10) "Employer" means any of the following: (A) the
5    State or any agency of the State; (B) any unit of local
6    government or school district; or (C) any person that
7    employs at least one employee.
8        (11) "Employment benefits" means all benefits provided
9    or made available to employees by an employer, including
10    group life insurance, health insurance, disability
11    insurance, sick leave, annual leave, educational benefits,
12    pensions, and profit-sharing, regardless of whether such
13    benefits are provided by a practice or written policy of
14    an employer or through an "employee benefit plan".
15    "Employee benefit plan" or "plan" means an employee
16    welfare benefit plan or an employee pension benefit plan
17    or a plan which is both an employee welfare benefit plan
18    and an employee pension benefit plan.
19        (12) "Family or household member", for employees with
20    a family or household member who is a victim of domestic
21    violence, sexual violence, or gender violence,or any other
22    crime of violence, means a spouse or party to a civil
23    union, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, sibling, or
24    any son, daughter, other person related by blood or by
25    present or prior marriage or civil union, other person who
26    shares a relationship through a child, or any other

 

 

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1    individual whose close association with the employee is
2    the equivalent of a family relationship as determined by
3    the employee son or daughter, and persons jointly residing
4    in the same household.
5    (12.5) "Gender violence" means:
6        (A) one or more acts of violence or aggression
7    satisfying the elements of any criminal offense under the
8    laws of this State that are committed, at least in part, on
9    the basis of a person's actual or perceived sex or gender,
10    regardless of whether the acts resulted in criminal
11    charges, prosecution, or conviction;
12        (B) a physical intrusion or physical invasion of a
13    sexual nature under coercive conditions satisfying the
14    elements of any criminal offense under the laws of this
15    State, regardless of whether the intrusion or invasion
16    resulted in criminal charges, prosecution, or conviction;
17    or
18        (C) a threat of an act described in item (A) or (B)
19    causing a realistic apprehension that the originator of
20    the threat will commit the act.
21        (13) (Blank). "Parent" means the biological parent of
22    an employee or an individual who stood in loco parentis to
23    an employee when the employee was a son or daughter. "Son
24    or daughter" means a biological, adopted, or foster child,
25    a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing
26    in loco parentis, who is under 18 years of age, or is 18

 

 

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1    years of age or older and incapable of self-care because
2    of a mental or physical disability.
3        (14) "Perpetrator" means an individual who commits or
4    is alleged to have committed any act or threat of domestic
5    violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or any
6    other crime of violence.
7        (15) "Person" means an individual, partnership,
8    association, corporation, business trust, legal
9    representative, or any organized group of persons.
10        (16) "Public agency" means the Government of the State
11    or political subdivision thereof; any agency of the State,
12    or of a political subdivision of the State; or any
13    governmental agency.
14        (17) "Public assistance" includes cash, food stamps,
15    medical assistance, housing assistance, and other benefits
16    provided on the basis of income by a public agency or
17    public employer.
18        (18) "Reduced work schedule" means a work schedule
19    that reduces the usual number of hours per workweek, or
20    hours per workday, of an employee.
21        (19) "Repeatedly" means on 2 or more occasions.
22        (20) "Sexual assault" means any conduct proscribed by:
23    (i) Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 2012 except
24    Sections 11-35 and 11-45; (ii) Sections 12-13, 12-14,
25    12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 2012; or
26    (iii) a similar provision of the Criminal Code of 1961.

 

 

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1        (20.5) "Sexual violence" means sexual assault.
2        (21) "Stalking" means any conduct proscribed by the
3    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in
4    Sections 12-7.3, 12-7.4, and 12-7.5.
5        (22) "Victim" or "survivor" means an individual who
6    has been subjected to domestic violence, sexual violence,
7    or gender violence, or any other crime of violence.
8    "Victim" also includes any person described as a victim,
9    as defined under Section 2 of the Crime Victims
10    Compensation Act.
11        (23) "Victim services organization" means a nonprofit,
12    nongovernmental organization that provides assistance to
13    victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, or gender
14    violence, or any other crime of violence or to advocates
15    for such victims, including a rape crisis center, an
16    organization carrying out a domestic violence program, an
17    organization operating a shelter or providing counseling
18    services, or a legal services organization or other
19    organization providing assistance through the legal
20    process.
21(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
22    (820 ILCS 180/20)
23    Sec. 20. Entitlement to leave due to domestic violence,
24sexual violence, or gender violence, or any other crime of
25violence.

 

 

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1    (a) Leave requirement.
2        (1) Basis. An employee who is a victim of domestic
3    violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or any
4    other crime of violence or an employee who has a family or
5    household member who is a victim of domestic violence,
6    sexual violence, or gender violence, or any other crime of
7    violence whose interests are not adverse to the employee
8    as it relates to the domestic violence, sexual violence,
9    or gender violence, or any other crime of violence may
10    take unpaid leave from work if the employee or employee's
11    family or household member is experiencing an incident of
12    domestic violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or
13    any other crime of violence or to address domestic
14    violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or any
15    other crime of violence by:
16            (A) seeking medical attention for, or recovering
17        from, physical or psychological injuries caused by
18        domestic violence, sexual violence, or gender
19        violence, or any other crime of violence to the
20        employee or the employee's family or household member;
21            (B) obtaining services from a victim services
22        organization for the employee or the employee's family
23        or household member;
24            (C) obtaining psychological or other counseling
25        for the employee or the employee's family or household
26        member;

 

 

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1            (D) participating in safety planning, temporarily
2        or permanently relocating, or taking other actions to
3        increase the safety of the employee or the employee's
4        family or household member from future domestic
5        violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or any
6        other crime of violence or ensure economic security;
7        or
8            (E) seeking legal assistance or remedies to ensure
9        the health and safety of the employee or the
10        employee's family or household member, including
11        preparing for or participating in any civil or
12        criminal legal proceeding related to or derived from
13        domestic violence, sexual violence, or gender
14        violence, or any other crime of violence.
15        (2) Period. Subject to subsection (c), an employee
16    working for an employer that employs at least 50 employees
17    shall be entitled to a total of 12 workweeks of leave
18    during any 12-month period. Subject to subsection (c), an
19    employee working for an employer that employs at least 15
20    but not more than 49 employees shall be entitled to a total
21    of 8 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period.
22    Subject to subsection (c), an employee working for an
23    employer that employs at least one but not more than 14
24    employees shall be entitled to a total of 4 workweeks of
25    leave during any 12-month period. The total number of
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1    decrease during the relevant 12-month period. This Act
2    does not create a right for an employee to take unpaid
3    leave that exceeds the unpaid leave time allowed under, or
4    is in addition to the unpaid leave time permitted by, the
5    federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C.
6    2601 et seq.).
7        (3) Schedule. Leave described in paragraph (1) may be
8    taken consecutively, intermittently, or on a reduced work
9    schedule.
10    (b) Notice. The employee shall provide the employer with
11at least 48 hours' advance notice of the employee's intention
12to take the leave, unless providing such notice is not
13practicable. When an unscheduled absence occurs, the employer
14may not take any action against the employee if the employee,
15upon request of the employer and within a reasonable period
16after the absence, provides certification under subsection
17(c).
18    (c) Certification.
19        (1) In general. The employer may require the employee
20    to provide certification to the employer that:
21            (A) the employee or the employee's family or
22        household member is a victim of domestic violence,
23        sexual violence, or gender violence, or any other
24        crime of violence; and
25            (B) the leave is for one of the purposes
26        enumerated in paragraph (a)(1).

 

 

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1        The employee shall provide such certification to the
2    employer within a reasonable period after the employer
3    requests certification.
4        (2) Contents. An employee may satisfy the
5    certification requirement of paragraph (1) by providing to
6    the employer a sworn statement of the employee, and if the
7    employee has possession of such document, the employee
8    shall provide one of the following documents upon
9    obtaining such documents the employee shall provide:
10            (A) documentation from an employee, agent, or
11        volunteer of a victim services organization, an
12        attorney, a member of the clergy, or a medical or other
13        professional from whom the employee or the employee's
14        family or household member has sought assistance in
15        addressing domestic violence, sexual violence, or
16        gender violence, or any other crime of violence and
17        the effects of the violence;
18            (B) a police or court record; or
19            (C) other corroborating evidence.
20        The employee shall choose which document to submit,
21    and the employer shall not request or require more than
22    one document to be submitted during the same 12-month
23    period leave is requested or taken if the reason for leave
24    is related to the same incident or incidents of violence
25    or the same perpetrator or perpetrators of the violence.
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1employer pursuant to subsection (b) or (c), including a
2statement of the employee or any other documentation, record,
3or corroborating evidence, and the fact that the employee has
4requested or obtained leave pursuant to this Section, shall be
5retained in the strictest confidence by the employer, except
6to the extent that disclosure is:
7        (1) requested or consented to in writing by the
8    employee; or
9        (2) otherwise required by applicable federal or State
10    law.
11    (e) Employment and benefits.
12        (1) Restoration to position.
13            (A) In general. Any employee who takes leave under
14        this Section for the intended purpose of the leave
15        shall be entitled, on return from such leave:
16                (i) to be restored by the employer to the
17            position of employment held by the employee when
18            the leave commenced; or
19                (ii) to be restored to an equivalent position
20            with equivalent employment benefits, pay, and
21            other terms and conditions of employment.
22            (B) Loss of benefits. The taking of leave under
23        this Section shall not result in the loss of any
24        employment benefit accrued prior to the date on which
25        the leave commenced.
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1        be construed to entitle any restored employee to:
2                (i) the accrual of any seniority or employment
3            benefits during any period of leave; or
4                (ii) any right, benefit, or position of
5            employment other than any right, benefit, or
6            position to which the employee would have been
7            entitled had the employee not taken the leave.
8            (D) Construction. Nothing in this paragraph shall
9        be construed to prohibit an employer from requiring an
10        employee on leave under this Section to report
11        periodically to the employer on the status and
12        intention of the employee to return to work.
13        (2) Maintenance of health benefits.
14            (A) Coverage. Except as provided in subparagraph
15        (B), during any period that an employee takes leave
16        under this Section, the employer shall maintain
17        coverage for the employee and any family or household
18        member under any group health plan for the duration of
19        such leave at the level and under the conditions
20        coverage would have been provided if the employee had
21        continued in employment continuously for the duration
22        of such leave.
23            (B) Failure to return from leave. The employer may
24        recover the premium that the employer paid for
25        maintaining coverage for the employee and the
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1        health plan during any period of leave under this
2        Section if:
3                (i) the employee fails to return from leave
4            under this Section after the period of leave to
5            which the employee is entitled has expired; and
6                (ii) the employee fails to return to work for
7            a reason other than:
8                    (I) the continuation, recurrence, or onset
9                of domestic violence, sexual violence, or
10                gender violence, or any other crime of
11                violence that entitles the employee to leave
12                pursuant to this Section; or
13                    (II) other circumstances beyond the
14                control of the employee.
15            (C) Certification.
16                (i) Issuance. An employer may require an
17            employee who claims that the employee is unable to
18            return to work because of a reason described in
19            subclause (I) or (II) of subparagraph (B)(ii) to
20            provide, within a reasonable period after making
21            the claim, certification to the employer that the
22            employee is unable to return to work because of
23            that reason.
24                (ii) Contents. An employee may satisfy the
25            certification requirement of clause (i) by
26            providing to the employer:

 

 

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1                    (I) a sworn statement of the employee;
2                    (II) documentation from an employee,
3                agent, or volunteer of a victim services
4                organization, an attorney, a member of the
5                clergy, or a medical or other professional
6                from whom the employee has sought assistance
7                in addressing domestic violence, sexual
8                violence, or gender violence, or any other
9                crime of violence and the effects of that
10                violence;
11                    (III) a police or court record; or
12                    (IV) other corroborating evidence.
13        The employee shall choose which document to submit,
14    and the employer shall not request or require more than
15    one document to be submitted.
16            (D) Confidentiality. All information provided to
17        the employer pursuant to subparagraph (C), including a
18        statement of the employee or any other documentation,
19        record, or corroborating evidence, and the fact that
20        the employee is not returning to work because of a
21        reason described in subclause (I) or (II) of
22        subparagraph (B)(ii) shall be retained in the
23        strictest confidence by the employer, except to the
24        extent that disclosure is:
25                (i) requested or consented to in writing by
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1                (ii) otherwise required by applicable federal
2            or State law.
3    (f) Prohibited acts.
4        (1) Interference with rights.
5            (A) Exercise of rights. It shall be unlawful for
6        any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the
7        exercise of or the attempt to exercise any right
8        provided under this Section.
9            (B) Employer discrimination. It shall be unlawful
10        for any employer to discharge or harass any
11        individual, or otherwise discriminate against any
12        individual with respect to compensation, terms,
13        conditions, or privileges of employment of the
14        individual (including retaliation in any form or
15        manner) because the individual:
16                (i) exercised any right provided under this
17            Section; or
18                (ii) opposed any practice made unlawful by
19            this Section.
20            (C) Public agency sanctions. It shall be unlawful
21        for any public agency to deny, reduce, or terminate
22        the benefits of, otherwise sanction, or harass any
23        individual, or otherwise discriminate against any
24        individual with respect to the amount, terms, or
25        conditions of public assistance of the individual
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1        the individual:
2                (i) exercised any right provided under this
3            Section; or
4                (ii) opposed any practice made unlawful by
5            this Section.
6        (2) Interference with proceedings or inquiries. It
7    shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or in any
8    other manner discriminate (as described in subparagraph
9    (B) or (C) of paragraph (1)) against any individual
10    because such individual:
11            (A) has filed any charge, or has instituted or
12        caused to be instituted any proceeding, under or
13        related to this Section;
14            (B) has given, or is about to give, any
15        information in connection with any inquiry or
16        proceeding relating to any right provided under this
17        Section; or
18            (C) has testified, or is about to testify, in any
19        inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided
20        under this Section.
21(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
22    (820 ILCS 180/25)
23    Sec. 25. Existing leave usable for addressing domestic
24violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or any criminal
25violence. An employee who is entitled to take paid or unpaid

 

 

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1leave (including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or
2similar leave) from employment, pursuant to federal, State, or
3local law, a collective bargaining agreement, or an employment
4benefits program or plan, may elect to substitute any period
5of such leave for an equivalent period of leave provided under
6Section 20. The employer may not require the employee to
7substitute available paid or unpaid leave for leave provided
8under Section 20.
9(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
10    (820 ILCS 180/30)
11    Sec. 30. Victims' employment sustainability; prohibited
12discriminatory acts.
13    (a) An employer shall not fail to hire, refuse to hire,
14discharge, constructively discharge, or harass any individual,
15otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to
16the compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of
17employment of the individual, or retaliate against an
18individual in any form or manner, and a public agency shall not
19deny, reduce, or terminate the benefits of, otherwise
20sanction, or harass any individual, otherwise discriminate
21against any individual with respect to the amount, terms, or
22conditions of public assistance of the individual, or
23retaliate against an individual in any form or manner,
24because:
25        (1) the individual involved:

 

 

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1            (A) is or is perceived to be a victim of domestic
2        violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or any
3        criminal violence;
4            (B) attended, participated in, prepared for, or
5        requested leave to attend, participate in, or prepare
6        for a criminal or civil court proceeding relating to
7        an incident of domestic violence, sexual violence, or
8        gender violence, or any criminal violence of which the
9        individual or a family or household member of the
10        individual was a victim, or requested or took leave
11        for any other reason provided under Section 20;
12            (C) requested an adjustment to a job structure,
13        workplace facility, or work requirement, including a
14        transfer, reassignment, or modified schedule, leave, a
15        changed telephone number or seating assignment,
16        installation of a lock, or implementation of a safety
17        procedure in response to actual or threatened domestic
18        violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or any
19        other crime of violence, regardless of whether the
20        request was granted; or
21            (D) is an employee whose employer is subject to
22        Section 21 of the Workplace Violence Prevention Act;
23        or
24        (2) the workplace is disrupted or threatened by the
25    action of a person whom the individual states has
26    committed or threatened to commit domestic violence,

 

 

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1    sexual violence, or gender violence, or any other crime of
2    violence against the individual or the individual's family
3    or household member.
4    (b) In this Section:
5        (1) "Discriminate", used with respect to the terms,
6    conditions, or privileges of employment or with respect to
7    the terms or conditions of public assistance, includes not
8    making a reasonable accommodation to the known limitations
9    resulting from circumstances relating to being a victim of
10    domestic violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or
11    any criminal violence or a family or household member
12    being a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or
13    gender violence, or any other crime of violence of an
14    otherwise qualified individual:
15            (A) who is:
16                (i) an applicant or employee of the employer
17            (including a public agency); or
18                (ii) an applicant for or recipient of public
19            assistance from a public agency; and
20            (B) who is:
21                (i) or is perceived to be a victim of domestic
22            violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or
23            any other crime of violence; or
24                (ii) with a family or household member who is
25            or is perceived to be a victim of domestic
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1            any other crime of violence whose interests are
2            not adverse to the individual in subparagraph (A)
3            as it relates to the domestic violence, sexual
4            violence, or gender violence, or any other crime
5            of violence;
6    unless the employer or public agency can demonstrate that
7    the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the
8    operation of the employer or public agency.
9        A reasonable accommodation must be made in a timely
10    fashion. Any exigent circumstances or danger facing the
11    employee or his or her family or household member shall be
12    considered in determining whether the accommodation is
13    reasonable.
14        (2) "Qualified individual" means:
15            (A) in the case of an applicant or employee
16        described in paragraph (1)(A)(i), an individual who,
17        but for being a victim of domestic violence, sexual
18        violence, or gender violence, or any other crime of
19        violence or with a family or household member who is a
20        victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or
21        gender violence, or any other crime of violence, can
22        perform the essential functions of the employment
23        position that such individual holds or desires; or
24            (B) in the case of an applicant or recipient
25        described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), an individual who,
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1        violence, or gender violence, or any other crime of
2        violence or with a family or household member who is a
3        victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or
4        gender violence, or any other crime of violence, can
5        satisfy the essential requirements of the program
6        providing the public assistance that the individual
7        receives or desires.
8        (3) "Reasonable accommodation" may include an
9    adjustment to a job structure, workplace facility, or work
10    requirement, including a transfer, reassignment, or
11    modified schedule, leave, a changed telephone number or
12    seating assignment, installation of a lock, or
13    implementation of a safety procedure, or assistance in
14    documenting domestic violence, sexual violence, or gender
15    violence, or any other crime of violence that occurs at
16    the workplace or in work-related settings, or any other
17    reasonable accommodation in response to actual or
18    threatened domestic violence, sexual violence, or gender
19    violence, or any other crime of violence.
20        (4) Undue hardship.
21            (A) In general. "Undue hardship" means an action
22        requiring significant difficulty or expense, when
23        considered in light of the factors set forth in
24        subparagraph (B).
25            (B) Factors to be considered. In determining
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1        undue hardship on the operation of an employer or
2        public agency, factors to be considered include:
3                (i) the nature and cost of the reasonable
4            accommodation needed under this Section;
5                (ii) the overall financial resources of the
6            facility involved in the provision of the
7            reasonable accommodation, the number of persons
8            employed at such facility, the effect on expenses
9            and resources, or the impact otherwise of such
10            accommodation on the operation of the facility;
11                (iii) the overall financial resources of the
12            employer or public agency, the overall size of the
13            business of an employer or public agency with
14            respect to the number of employees of the employer
15            or public agency, and the number, type, and
16            location of the facilities of an employer or
17            public agency; and
18                (iv) the type of operation of the employer or
19            public agency, including the composition,
20            structure, and functions of the workforce of the
21            employer or public agency, the geographic
22            separateness of the facility from the employer or
23            public agency, and the administrative or fiscal
24            relationship of the facility to the employer or
25            public agency.
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1Violence Prevention Act shall not violate any provisions of
2the Workplace Violence Prevention Act.
3    (d) Confidentiality. All information provided to the
4employer pursuant to this Section including a statement of the
5employee or any other documentation, record, or corroborating
6evidence, and the fact that the employee has requested or
7obtained an accommodation pursuant to this Section shall be
8retained in the strictest confidence by the employer, except
9to the extent that disclosure is:
10        (1) requested or consented to in writing by the
11    employee; or
12        (2) otherwise required by applicable federal or State
13    law.
14(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 1-1-20.)
 
15    (820 ILCS 180/35)
16    Sec. 35. Enforcement.
17    (a) Department of Labor.
18        (1) The Director or his or her authorized
19    representative shall administer and enforce the provisions
20    of this Act. Any employee or a representative of employees
21    who believes his or her rights under this Act have been
22    violated may, within 3 years after the alleged violation
23    occurs, file a complaint with the Department requesting a
24    review of the alleged violation or file a civil action. A
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1    sent to the person who allegedly committed the violation,
2    who shall be the respondent. Upon receipt of a complaint,
3    the Director shall cause such investigation to be made as
4    he or she deems appropriate. The investigation shall
5    provide an opportunity for a public hearing at the request
6    of any party to the review to enable the parties to present
7    information relating to the alleged allegation. The
8    parties shall be given written notice of the time and
9    place of the hearing at least 7 days before the hearing.
10    Upon receiving the report of the investigation, the
11    Director shall make findings of fact. If the Director or
12    the court finds that a violation did occur, the Director
13    or the court he or she shall issue a decision
14    incorporating the his or her findings and requiring the
15    party committing the violation to take such affirmative
16    action to abate the violation as the Director or the court
17    deems appropriate, including:
18            (A) damages equal to the amount of wages, salary,
19        employment benefits, public assistance, or other
20        compensation denied or lost to such individual by
21        reason of the violation, and the interest on that
22        amount calculated at the prevailing rate;
23            (B) such equitable relief as may be appropriate,
24        including but not limited to hiring, reinstatement,
25        promotion, and reasonable accommodations; and
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1        witness fees, and other costs of the action to be paid
2        by the respondent to a prevailing employee.
3        If the Director finds that there was no violation, he
4    or she shall issue an order denying the complaint. An
5    order issued by the Director under this Section shall be
6    final and subject to judicial review under the
7    Administrative Review Law.
8        (2) The Director shall adopt rules necessary to
9    administer and enforce this Act in accordance with the
10    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The Director shall
11    have the powers and the parties shall have the rights
12    provided in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act for
13    contested cases, including, but not limited to, provisions
14    for depositions, subpoena power and procedures, and
15    discovery and protective order procedures.
16        (3) Intervention. The Attorney General of Illinois may
17    intervene on behalf of the Department if the Department
18    certifies that the case is of general public importance.
19    Upon such intervention the court may award such relief as
20    is authorized to be granted to an employee who has filed a
21    complaint or whose representative has filed a complaint
22    under this Section.
23    (b) Refusal to pay damages. Any employer who has been
24ordered by the Director of Labor or the court to pay damages
25under this Section and who fails to do so within 30 days after
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1calendar day to the employee for each day of delay in paying
2the damages to the employee.
3(Source: P.A. 93-591, eff. 8-25-03.)
 
4    (820 ILCS 180/45)
5    Sec. 45. Effect on other laws and employment benefits.
6    (a) More protective laws, agreements, programs, and plans.
7Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede any
8provision of any federal, State, or local law, collective
9bargaining agreement, or employment benefits program or plan
10that provides:
11        (1) greater leave benefits for victims of domestic
12    violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or any
13    other crime of violence than the rights established under
14    this Act; or
15        (2) leave benefits for a larger population of victims
16    of domestic violence, sexual violence, or gender violence,
17    or any other crime of violence (as defined in such law,
18    agreement, program, or plan) than the victims of domestic
19    violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or any
20    other crime of violence covered under this Act.
21    (b) Less protective laws, agreements, programs, and plans.
22The rights established for employees who are victims of
23domestic violence, sexual violence, or gender violence, or any
24other crime of violence and employees with a family or
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1violence, or gender violence, or any other crime of violence
2under this Act shall not be diminished by any federal, State or
3local law, collective bargaining agreement, or employment
4benefits program or plan.
5(Source: P.A. 101-221, eff. 1-1-20.)