Illinois Senate Bill 1760 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 9 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act. Provides that a discharge from employment is wrongful if it (1) was a constructive discharge, (2) was in retaliation for the employee's refusal to violate public policy or for reporting a violation of public policy, (3) was not for good cause and the employee had completed the employer's probationary period for employment, or (4) the employer violated the express provisions of its written personnel policy. Provides remedies for wrongful discharge. Authorizes civil actions and provides for arbitration. Prohibits blacklisting. Defines terms. Provides that an employer that violates the Act is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

WRONGFUL DISCHARGE ACT

Sen. Pat McGuire [D]

Sen. Daniel Biss [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Session Sine Die
2017-08-04	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
2017-04-28	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017
2017-04-26	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2017
2017-04-26	Senate	Second Reading
2017-04-06	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 25, 2017
2017-04-06	Senate	Do Pass Labor; 010-006-000
2017-03-29	Senate	Postponed - Labor
2017-03-17	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
2017-03-15	Senate	Postponed - Labor
2017-03-09	Senate	Postponed - Labor
2017-02-28	Senate	Assigned to Labor
2017-02-15	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
2017-02-09	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-02-09	Senate	First Reading
2017-02-09	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pat McGuire

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1760&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/SB/10000SB1760.htm