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 Bill Status of HB1567  94th General Assembly


Short Description:  EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION NOTICE

House Sponsors
Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act


Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Employment Termination Notice Act. Provides that an employer who employs 12 or more employees in Illinois must give a terminated employee, who has been employed by the employer for at least one year, a written termination notice of at least one week or, at the employer's option, termination pay in an amount equal to the wages the employee would have earned if the employee had worked his or her regular hours of work for one week. Excludes voluntary leaving and termination for cause. Provides that termination pay shall be in addition to any other payments that the employee may owe to the terminated employee. Provides that the Director of Labor shall administer and enforce the Act and may adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce the Act. Provides for hearings, relief, and civil penalties. Provides that a willful violation of the Act is a petty offense.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/14/2005HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
  2/14/2005HouseFirst Reading
  2/14/2005HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/17/2005HouseAssigned to Labor Committee
  3/10/2005HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die

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