Illinois
Updated to reflect laws addressing the use of artificial intelligence in employment decisions and requiring paid lactation breaks, both effective January 1, 2026.
Updated to reflect changes to human trafficking recognition training requirements, effective January 1, 2026.
Updated to reflect amendments to the Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act, effective January 1, 2026.
Updated to reflect amendments regarding organ donor leave, effective January 1, 2026.
Effective December 12, Illinois employers must give employees time to correct identification-documentation discrepancies.
Updated to reflect the addition of the Organ Donor Leave Handbook Statement: Illinois.
Updated title (formerly Blood and Organ Donor Leave Handbook Statement: Illinois), threshold, statement and guidance to remove references to leave for organ donors, which is now addressed in a new Organ Donation Leave Handbook Statement: Illinois.
Illinois employers with 51 or more employees should consider including this statement in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of paid leave to donate an organ and to demonstrate compliance with Illinois' Employee Blood and Organ Donation Leave Act.