Bill Text: IL HR1316 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Encourages all stakeholders in the State's unemployment insurance system to consider the best amount of time to give employers to decide whether an employee is a good fit before their experience rating is affected, in order to encourage job growth.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR1316 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HR1316-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Small businesses are the engine for job recovery
in the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Adding a new employee for a small business is one
of the most important decisions a small business owner can
make; and
WHEREAS, Letting an employee go, either for cause or
because of a poor fit, affects the experience rating of an
employer, which determines the unemployment insurance tax rate
the employer pays; and
WHEREAS, The experience rating calculation affects a small
business that lets a single employee go disproportionately more
than a large business that lets a single employee go, as a
single employee is a much larger percentage of the workforce of
a small business than a large business; and
WHEREAS, Small businesses are particularly leery of a
higher experience rating, as that will lead to a higher
unemployment insurance tax rate; and
WHEREAS, Current law only permits employers 30 working days
to review the performance of a new employee before that

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employee impacts the experience rating of the employer; and
WHEREAS, Many small business employers believe that 30 days
is not enough time to properly review whether a new employee is
the right fit for a company; and
WHEREAS, The relatively short period of time before an
employer is liable for a higher experience rating to pay the
unemployment benefits of a former employee is a disincentive to
hiring; and
WHEREAS, A more reasonable period of time, such as 90 days,
would lessen this disincentive to hiring; and
WHEREAS, This period of time before the experience rating
of an employer is affected for an employee that does not work
out is unrelated to the question of how many weeks of benefits
an employee is entitled to; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
all stakeholders in the State's unemployment insurance system
are encouraged to consider the best amount of time to give
employers to decide whether an employee is a good fit before
their experience rating is affected, in order to encourage job
growth.