Bill Text: IL HB5119 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an employer that requires an employee to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shall waive the requirement if the employee, or, if the employee is a minor, the employee's parent or legal guardian, requests a waiver and submits a statement satisfying specified requirements. Provides that an individual who is discharged from employment for refusing to receive a vaccination against COVID-19 shall not be disqualified for benefits on account of such discharge. Provides that if an employee is discharged from employment for refusing to receive a vaccination against COVID-19, the contribution rate and unemployment experience of any employer employing the employee, or an employer that previously employed the employee other than the employer that discharged the employee, shall be unaffected by such discharge. Provides that the Department of Labor shall not impose any penalty on, or take any other action otherwise permitted under the Act against, any employer employing the employee, or an employer that previously employed the employee other than the employer that discharged the employee, as a result of such discharge. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-27 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5119 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB5119-Introduced.html
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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 | adding Section 503 as follows:
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6 | (820 ILCS 405/503 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 503. COVID-19 vaccination requirement by employers; | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | waiver; no disqualification for benefits. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) An employer that requires an employee to receive a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | COVID-19 vaccine shall waive the requirement if the employee, | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | or, if the employee is a minor, the employee's parent or legal | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | guardian, requests a waiver and submits either of the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | following to the employer: | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (1) A statement that receiving the vaccine would be | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | injurious to the health and well-being of the employee or | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | an individual residing with the employee; or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (2) A statement that receiving the vaccine would | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | conflict with the tenets and practices of a religion of | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | which the employee is an adherent or member. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | contrary, an individual who is discharged from employment for | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | refusing to receive a vaccination against COVID-19, shall not | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | be disqualified for benefits on account of such discharge. |
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1 | (c) If an employee is discharged from employment for | ||||||
2 | refusing to receive a vaccination against COVID-19, the | ||||||
3 | contribution rate and unemployment experience of any employer | ||||||
4 | employing the employee, or an employer that previously | ||||||
5 | employed the employee other than the employer that discharged | ||||||
6 | the employee, shall be unaffected by such discharge. The | ||||||
7 | Department shall not impose any penalty on, or take any other | ||||||
8 | action otherwise permitted under this Act against, any | ||||||
9 | employer employing the employee, or an employer that | ||||||
10 | previously employed the employee other than the employer that | ||||||
11 | discharged the employee, as a result of such discharge.
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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