Bill Text: IL HB2975 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Uniform Arbitration Act. Inserts the provisions contained in the engrossed bill and makes the following changes: (1) excludes from the definition of "employee" persons employed as a managerial, professional, or confidential employee, (2) includes the State of Illinois and other governmental bodies within the scope of the term "employer", and (3) provides that labor unions and employers may agree to arbitration clauses in grievance resolution procedures, but that the existence of an arbitration clause does not waive an employee's individual right to file an action with an administrative agency or court. Effective Immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-07-02 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2975 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2975-Engrossed.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 Employment Contract Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | (820 ILCS 15/5 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5. Prohibition against requiring waiver of statutory | ||||||
| 8 | rights as a condition of employment. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
| 10 | "Employee" means any person employed by or suffered or | ||||||
| 11 | permitted to work for an employer. | ||||||
| 12 | "Employer" means any person, either individual, | ||||||
| 13 | corporation, partnership, agency, or firm, that employs an | ||||||
| 14 | employee and includes any person, either individual, | ||||||
| 15 | corporation, partnership, agency, or firm, acting directly or | ||||||
| 16 | indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an | ||||||
| 17 | employee. | ||||||
| 18 | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of Illinois law to the | ||||||
| 19 | contrary, no employer shall require as a condition or | ||||||
| 20 | precondition of employment that any employee or person seeking | ||||||
| 21 | employment waive, arbitrate, or otherwise diminish any | ||||||
| 22 | existing or future claim, right, or benefit to which the | ||||||
| 23 | employee or person seeking employment would otherwise be | ||||||
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| 1 | entitled under any provision of Illinois law or any federal | ||||||
| 2 | law.
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.
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