820 ILCS 151/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Military Leave Act.(Source: P.A. 104-78, eff. 8-1-25.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 820 ILCS 151 — Military Leave Act.
Illinois · statute · 820 ILCS 151 · 9 active provisions
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Definitions
Definitions. In this Act: "Authorized provider" means an individual or group recognized by the armed forces, who are not service members or employees of the United States government and who augment the uniformed members of a military funeral honors detail. "Authorized provider" may include, but is not limited to, veter…
820 ILCS 151/10
Family Military Leave Requirement
Family Military Leave Requirement. (a) Any employer, as defined in Section 5 of this Act, that employs between 15 and 50 employees shall provide up to 15 days of unpaid family military leave to an employee during the time federal or State deployment orders are in effect, subject to the conditions set forth in this Sect…
820 ILCS 151/12
Paid leave for funeral honors details
Paid leave for funeral honors details. (a) This Section applies to employers employing 51 or more employees. (b) An employee may use up to 8 hours per calendar month to participate in a funeral honors detail, up to a total of 40 hours per calendar year, or more if authorized by his or her employer or if provided for in…
820 ILCS 151/15
Employee benefits protection
Employee benefits protection. (a) Any employee who exercises the right to family military leave or funeral honors detail leave under this Act, upon expiration of the leave, shall be entitled to be restored by the employer to the position held by the employee when the leave commenced or to a position with equivalent sen…
820 ILCS 151/20
Effect on existing employee benefits
Effect on existing employee benefits. (a) Taking any leave under this Act shall not result in the loss of any employee benefit accrued before the date on which the leave commenced. (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect an employer's obligation to comply with any collective bargaining agreement or employe…
820 ILCS 151/25
Prohibited acts
Prohibited acts. (a) An employer shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or the attempt to exercise any right provided under this Act. (b) An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline or in any other manner discriminate against any employee that exercises any right provided under t…
820 ILCS 151/30
Enforcement
Enforcement. A civil action may be brought in the circuit court having jurisdiction by an employee to enforce this Act. The circuit court may enjoin any act or practice that violates or may violate this Act and may order any other equitable relief that is necessary and appropriate to redress the violation or to enforce…
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Effective date
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 94-589, eff. 8-15-05.)