Seyfarth Synopsis: The Illinois
General Assembly will consider the proposed Healthy Workplace Act
which, if passed into law, will require most Illinois employers to
provide paid sick leave to their employees.
Illinois legislators have caught the paid sick leave bug that
has been going around the Country. Sponsors from both chambers of
the Illinois legislature have introduced a bill called the Healthy
Workplace Act which, if adopted, will mandate paid sick leave for
Illinois workers.
Under the proposed law (House Bill 2771/Senate Bill 1296),
employees would be entitled to a minimum of five "paid sick
days" each year to: (1) care for their own physical or mental
illness, injury, or health condition, or seek medical diagnosis or
care; (2) care for family member for the same reasons; (3) attend a
medical appointment for themselves or family members; (4) miss work
due to a public health emergency; or (5) miss work because the
employee or a family member has experienced
