Seyfarth Synopsis: Illinois
recently amended its Child Bereavement Leave Act to expand the
reasons for leave, including miscarriage and stillbirth, and adds
additional covered family members. The law will now be called
the “Family Bereavement Leave Act” and goes into effect
on January 1, 2023.
On June 9, 2022, Governor Pritzker signed the Family Bereavement
Leave Act (“FBLA”) into law, amending the Child
Bereavement Leave Act (“CBLA”). As the name
change suggests, the FBLA expands the scope of the CBLA by
expanding the availability of unpaid bereavement leave to cover
additional family members and reasons for leave.
While bereavement leave was previously only available (under the
CBLA) for the death of a child, the FBLA provides for
bereavement leave for the death of a “covered family
member,” which now includes an employee's:
