103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3697
 
Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
820 ILCS 180/40

     Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Provides that the notice to employees under the Act must include language encouraging employees to report to the employer the possibility of a domestic or intimate partner committing an act of violence at the workplace. Provides that the notice must  be distributed to all employees on an annual basis.
  


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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 Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act 
5is amended  by changing Section 40 as follows:
 



6    (820 ILCS 180/40)



7    Sec. 40. Notification. 
8    (a) Every employer covered by this Act
shall post and keep 
9posted, in conspicuous places on the premises of
the employer 
10where notices to employees are customarily posted, a
notice, 
11to be prepared or approved by the Director of Labor,

12summarizing the requirements of this Act and information 
13pertaining to
the filing of a charge. The Director shall 
14furnish copies of summaries
and rules to employers upon 
15request without charge. Any employer that fails to post the 
16required notice may not rely on the provisions in subsection 
17(b) of Section 20 to claim that the employee failed to inform 
18the employer that she or he wanted or was eligible for leave 
19under this Act.

20    (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the 
21notice must contain the following language: 
22    "This company and State law encourages employees who think 
23they might be at risk of a domestic or intimate partner coming 
 
 
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1to the workplace to commit an act of violence to share 
2information with a supervisor, security personnel, human 
3resources personnel, or other company representative about the 
4potential risk, as State law requires the company to make all 
5reasonable accommodations to protect the reporting employee 
6and all employees from the risk of violence. State law 
7protects all employees from any sort of discrimination or 
8retaliation for informing the company about the potential risk 
9of a domestic or intimate partner coming to the workplace, 
10including firing or demotion.".
11    The notice required under this subsection must also be 
12distributed to all employees on an annual basis. 
13(Source: P.A. 96-635, eff. 8-24-09.)