Bill Text: IL HB3783 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that each workday a nurse is required to report for work, based upon a previously approved and distributed work schedule, and either (1) does report, but is not put to work, or (2) was directed to not report, the nurse shall be paid for half the usual or scheduled day's work at the nurse's regular rate of pay, which shall not be less than the minimum wage. Provides that the requirement applies to nurses who are directed not to report to work and to nurses engaged in telemedicine. Provides that the report-to-work requirement is to be based upon an approved and distributed work schedule. Effective January 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-11 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3783 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3783-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3783 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 115/3.5 new
820 ILCS 115/3.6 new
Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that each workday a nurse is required to report for work, based upon a previously approved and distributed work schedule, and either (1) does report, but is not put to work, or (2) was directed to not report, the nurse shall be paid for half the usual or scheduled day's work at the nurse's regular rate of pay, which shall not be less than the minimum wage. Provides that the requirement applies to nurses who are directed not to report to work and to nurses engaged in telemedicine. Provides that the report-to-work requirement is to be based upon an approved and distributed work schedule. Effective January 1, 2024.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act is
amended by adding Sections 3.5 and 3.6 as follows:
(820 ILCS 115/3.5 new)
Sec. 3.5. Reporting time pay for nurses.
(a) Except as required in Section 3.6, each workday a
nurse is required to report for work, based upon a previously
approved and distributed work schedule, and either (1) does
report, but is not put to work or (2) was directed to not
report, the nurse shall be paid for half the usual or scheduled
day's work at the nurse's regular rate of pay, which shall not
be less than the minimum wage.
(b) The reporting time pay provisions established under
this Section are not applicable when:
(1) operations cannot commence or continue due to
threats to employees or property or when recommended by
civil authorities;
(2) public utilities fail to supply electricity,
water, or gas, or there is a failure in the public
utilities or sewer system; or
(3) the interruption of work is caused by an Act of God

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or other cause not within the employer's control.
(c) This Section does not apply to a nurse on paid standby
status who is called to perform assigned work at a time other
than the nurse's scheduled reporting time.
(d) This Section applies to all nurses, including those
who use technology to overcome physical distance between
patient and nurse to deliver nursing care and conduct nursing
practice.
(820 ILCS 115/3.6 new)
Sec. 3.6. Reporting time pay for nurses; less than full
schedule. Each workday a nurse is required to report for work,
based upon a previously approved work schedule, and does
report to work and is furnished less than one-half of the
nurse's usual or scheduled day's work providing nursing
services, the nurse shall be paid for all hours worked and
shall be paid for one half of the remaining usual or scheduled
day's work at the nurse's regular rate of pay.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2024.