Bill Text: IL SB1534 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an employer is not chargeable for benefit charges that result from the payment of benefits to an individual if the payments were the result of the individual voluntarily leaving work to participate in certain training programs. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1534 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1534-Introduced.html


100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1534

Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chuck Weaver

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 405/1502.1 from Ch. 48, par. 572.1

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an employer is not chargeable for benefit charges that result from the payment of benefits to an individual if the payments were the result of the individual voluntarily leaving work to participate in certain training programs. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning employment.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
5changing Section 1502.1 as follows:
6 (820 ILCS 405/1502.1) (from Ch. 48, par. 572.1)
7 Sec. 1502.1. Employer's benefit charges.
8 A. Benefit charges which result from payments to any
9claimant made on or after July 1, 1989 shall be charged:
10 1. For benefit years beginning prior to July 1, 1989,
11 to each employer who paid wages to the claimant during his
12 base period;
13 2. For benefit years beginning on or after July 1, 1989
14 but before January 1, 1993, to the later of:
15 a. the last employer prior to the beginning of the
16 claimant's benefit year:
17 i. from whom the claimant was separated or who,
18 by reduction of work offered, caused the claimant
19 to become unemployed as defined in Section 239,
20 and,
21 ii. for whom the claimant performed services
22 in employment, on each of 30 days whether or not
23 such days are consecutive, provided that the wages

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1 for such services were earned during the period
2 from the beginning of the claimant's base period to
3 the beginning of the claimant's benefit year; but
4 that employer shall not be charged if:
5 (1) the claimant's last separation from
6 that employer was a voluntary leaving without
7 good cause, as the term is used in Section 601A
8 or under the circumstances described in
9 paragraphs 1 and 2 of Section 601B; or
10 (2) the claimant's last separation from
11 that employer was a discharge for misconduct or
12 a felony or theft connected with his work from
13 that employer, as these terms are used in
14 Section 602; or
15 (3) after his last separation from that
16 employer, prior to the beginning of his benefit
17 year, the claimant refused to accept an offer
18 of or to apply for suitable work from that
19 employer without good cause, as these terms are
20 used in Section 603; or
21 (4) the claimant, following his last
22 separation from that employer, prior to the
23 beginning of his benefit year, is ineligible or
24 would have been ineligible under Section 612 if
25 he has or had had base period wages from the
26 employers to which that Section applies; or

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1 (5) the claimant subsequently performed
2 services for at least 30 days for an individual
3 or organization which is not an employer
4 subject to this Act; or
5 b. the single employer who pays wages to the
6 claimant that allow him to requalify for benefits after
7 disqualification under Section 601, 602 or 603, if:
8 i. the disqualifying event occurred prior to
9 the beginning of the claimant's benefit year, and
10 ii. the requalification occurred after the
11 beginning of the claimant's benefit year, and
12 iii. even if the 30 day requirement given in
13 this paragraph is not satisfied; but
14 iv. the requalifying employer shall not be
15 charged if the claimant is held ineligible with
16 respect to that requalifying employer under
17 Section 601, 602 or 603.
18 3. For benefit years beginning on or after January 1,
19 1993, with respect to each week for which benefits are
20 paid, to the later of:
21 a. the last employer:
22 i. from whom the claimant was separated or who,
23 by reduction of work offered, caused the claimant
24 to become unemployed as defined in Section 239, and
25 ii. for whom the claimant performed services
26 in employment, on each of 30 days whether or not

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1 such days are consecutive, provided that the wages
2 for such services were earned since the beginning
3 of the claimant's base period; but that employer
4 shall not be charged if:
5 (1) the claimant's separation from that
6 employer was a voluntary leaving without good
7 cause, as the term is used in Section 601A or
8 under the circumstances described in
9 paragraphs 1, 2, and 6 of Section 601B; or
10 (2) the claimant's separation from that
11 employer was a discharge for misconduct or a
12 felony or theft connected with his work from
13 that employer, as these terms are used in
14 Section 602; or
15 (3) the claimant refused to accept an
16 offer of or to apply for suitable work from
17 that employer without good cause, as these
18 terms are used in Section 603 (but only for
19 weeks following the refusal of work); or
20 (4) the claimant subsequently performed
21 services for at least 30 days for an individual
22 or organization which is not an employer
23 subject to this Act; or
24 (5) the claimant, following his separation
25 from that employer, is ineligible or would have
26 been ineligible under Section 612 if he has or

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1 had had base period wages from the employers to
2 which that Section applies (but only for the
3 period of ineligibility or potential
4 ineligibility); or
5 b. the single employer who pays wages to the
6 claimant that allow him to requalify for benefits after
7 disqualification under Section 601, 602, or 603, even
8 if the 30 day requirement given in this paragraph is
9 not satisfied; but the requalifying employer shall not
10 be charged if the claimant is held ineligible with
11 respect to that requalifying employer under Section
12 601, 602, or 603.
13 B. Whenever a claimant is ineligible pursuant to Section
14614 on the basis of wages paid during his base period, any days
15on which such wages were earned shall not be counted in
16determining whether that claimant performed services during at
17least 30 days for the employer that paid such wages as required
18by paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection A.
19 C. If no employer meets the requirements of paragraph 2 or
203 of subsection A, then no employer will be chargeable for any
21benefit charges which result from the payment of benefits to
22the claimant for that benefit year.
23 D. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this
24Section, no employer shall be chargeable for any benefit
25charges which result from the payment of benefits to any
26claimant after the effective date of this amendatory Act of

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11992 where the claimant's separation from that employer
2occurred as a result of his detention, incarceration, or
3imprisonment under State, local, or federal law.
4 D-1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
5including those affecting finality of benefit charges or rates,
6an employer shall not be chargeable for any benefit charges
7which result from the payment of benefits to an individual for
8any week of unemployment after January 1, 2003, during the
9period that the employer's business is closed solely because of
10the entrance of the employer, one or more of the partners or
11officers of the employer, or the majority stockholder of the
12employer into active duty in the Illinois National Guard or the
13Armed Forces of the United States.
14 D-2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an
15employer shall not be chargeable for any benefit charges that
16result from the payment of benefits to an individual for any
17week of unemployment after the effective date of this
18amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly if the payment was
19the result of the individual voluntarily leaving work under the
20conditions described in item 6 of subsection C of Section 500.
21 E. For the purposes of Sections 302, 409, 701, 1403, 1404,
221405 and 1508.1, last employer means the employer that:
23 1. is charged for benefit payments which become benefit
24 charges under this Section, or
25 2. would have been liable for such benefit charges if
26 it had not elected to make payments in lieu of

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1 contributions.
2(Source: P.A. 93-634, eff. 1-1-04; 93-1012, eff. 8-24-04;
394-152, eff. 7-8-05.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.
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