{"id":26042,"date":"2025-12-26T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T15:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=26042"},"modified":"2025-12-26T09:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T15:28:18","slug":"new-laws-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/26042-new-laws-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"New Laws: Labor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By BRENDEN MOORE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bmoore@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Article Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who work for employers of between 16 and 50 people will get up to 10 days of unpaid leave if they have a newborn in neonatal intensive care. Larger employers have to offer up to 20 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another measure<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prohibits use of AI in employment decisions such as recruitment, hiring and promotion if that use results in discrimination due to race, religion, sex and age.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paid time off will be extended for those participating in a military funeral honors detail. And part-time workers will get paid leave to serve as organ donors.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illinois workers with a newborn in a neonatal intensive care unit will soon have additional access to job-protected, unpaid leave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gov. JB Pritzker signed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=2978&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=161225&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 2978<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, dubbed the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act, earlier this year and it takes effect Jan. 1. It requires employers of between 16 and 50 workers to provide up to 10 days of unpaid leave to employees who have a child in the NICU. Larger employers must provide up to 20 days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law applies to both part- and full-time workers. It covers a broader swath of workers than the federal Family and Medical Leave Act \u2014 the law requiring public agencies, K-12 schools and private companies with at least 50 employees to provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year. Workers eligible for FMLA must exhaust that leave first before utilizing NICU leave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employers covered under the law must maintain their employee\u2019s health insurance benefits and guarantee their reinstatement upon the conclusion of leave. Employers can\u2019t force workers to exhaust their paid leave instead of unpaid NICU leave, though employees can take it if they choose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Violations may result in fines of up to $5,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some other new labor laws that take effect in 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>AI in employment decisions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An amendment to the Illinois Human Rights Act, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus\/FullText?GAID=17&amp;DocNum=3773&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=149031&amp;SessionID=112\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 3773<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, prohibits use of AI in employment decisions such as recruitment, hiring and promotion if that use results in discrimination due to race, religion, sex and age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, will require employers to disclose use of AI in employment decisions. The measure, however, could potentially run afoul of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/illinois-leaders-wont-back-down-following-trumps-order-limiting-ai-regulation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a recent order that limits how states can regulate AI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Documenting domestic violence<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=1278&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=157071&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 1278<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prevents employers from disciplining employees for using work devices to document domestic violence, sexual violence, gender violence or other forms of violence against them or a family member. Employers also have to grant employees access to such documentation and communications stored on the devices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law was inspired by a New York woman who used her work device to document domestic abuse committed by her husband. She was disciplined by her employer and later murdered by her husband.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Workplace transparency<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=3638&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=162380&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 3638<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> amends the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act to broaden the definition of \u201cunlawful employment practice\u201d to include any act prohibited by the Illinois Human Rights Act, the federal Civil Rights Act and any other state or federal law covering employment issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employment contracts can also no longer include terms that limit an employee\u2019s ability to engage in \u201cconcerted activity\u201d like collective bargaining. And it prohibits contract stipulations that shorten the statute of limitations for employee claims, apply the law of another state to claims or require claims be resolved outside Illinois.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Paid leave for organ donors<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=1616&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=157775&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 1616<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extends paid leave requirements for organ donors to part-time employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the law, workers can use up to 10 days leave per year to serve as an organ donor. Part-time workers\u2019 pay for these days will be their average daily pay rate over the previous two months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Military honors\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=220&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=SB&amp;LegId=157531&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senate Bill 220<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, employers with more than 50 workers must offer up to eight hours of paid leave per month \u2014 capped at 40 hours per calendar year \u2014 for employees to participate in a military funeral honors detail. It is in addition to regular paid time off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Unemployment benefits<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/Legislation\/BillStatus?DocNum=3200&amp;GAID=18&amp;DocTypeID=HB&amp;LegId=161654&amp;SessionID=114\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Bill 3200<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows for someone who voluntarily leaves their job for mental health reasons to be eligible for unemployment benefits. It is a three-year pilot program that sunsets Dec. 24, 2028.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maggie Dougherty contributed to this report.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. 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