Illinois
Updated to reflect amendments regarding consequences for failure to carry workers' compensation insurance, effective January 1, 2024.
Employers in Cook County, Illinois, must soon provide paid leave to all employees who work in the county and allow the leave to be used for any reason an employee chooses.
Updated to reflect a delay in the effective date.
Updated statement and guidance to reflect amendments to the Family Bereavement Leave Act, effective January 1, 2024.
Illinois employers with 250 or more full-time employees in Illinois should consider including this policy in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of child extended bereavement leave and to show their compliance with the Illinois Child Extended Bereavement Leave Act.
Illinois employers with 50 to 249 full-time employees in Illinois should consider including this policy in their handbook to educate employees, including supervisors, about the availability of child extended bereavement leave and to show their compliance with the Illinois Child Extended Bereavement Leave Act.