Labor & Employment

in committee · Illinois · House Feb 25, 2025

HB 3949: $LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Labor Relations Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, as follows: General Funds $2,549,200.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill allocates $2,549,200 from General Funds for Labor Relations Board operations, directly funding a state entity through budget appropriations.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentFunds Illinois Labor Relations Board, which oversees collective bargaining and labor disputes, enabling protection of workers' rights and union activities.90% confidence

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in committee · Illinois · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 1254: WORKERS COMP-BENEFIT RATES

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes changes to the compensation periods for accidental injuries resulting in the loss of or the permanent and complete loss of use of the thumb, fingers, or toes; the amputation of an arm, foot, or leg; the enucleation of an eye; and other injuries to reduce the compensation to the amounts in effect for injuries occurring before February 1, 2006. Effective immediately.

Topics ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentReduces workers' compensation benefits to pre-2006 levels for specific injuries, weakening current protections for injured workers.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Workers' Compensation

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in committee · Illinois · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 1258: WORKERS COMP-SHOULDER-HIP

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that, for purposes of awarding compensation for injuries, an injury to the shoulder shall be considered an injury to a part of the arm and an injury to the hip shall be considered an injury to a part of the leg. Effective immediately.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentClarifies injury classifications under workers' comp, ensuring shoulder/hip injuries qualify for compensation as part of arm/leg injuries, advancing worker benefit access.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Workers' Compensation

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Mar 27, 2026

SB 2467: $DCEO/ICCB-GRANTS

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants to specified organizations as deemed appropriate by the Department for purposes of administering preapprenticeship workforce development programs that support education and training programming targeted to individuals under the age of 18 who reside in underserved areas in specified fields. Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Community College Board for grants to community college districts and public high schools for the purposes of administering the 21st Century Employment grant program. Effective July 1, 2025.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAppropriates $5M from General Revenue Fund for workforce development grants, directly funding public service programs under fiscal management.95% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationFunds preapprenticeship programs for youth under 18 in underserved areas, directly supporting education access and training through $5M grants for education-focused programming.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentFunds preapprenticeship workforce development programs for youth in underserved areas, directly supporting employment training and workforce development under Labor & Employment policies.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Revenue Workforce Development

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in committee · Illinois · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 1741: PAID LEAVE FOR ALL-EMPLOYEE

Amends the Paid Leave for All Workers Act. Provides that the definition of "employee" does not include a part-time employee as defined in the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

Topics ✗ Labor & EmploymentOpposes Labor & EmploymentExcludes part-time employees from paid leave benefits, reducing coverage and weakening worker protections under the Paid Leave for All Workers Act.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Paid Leave

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signed · Illinois · House Aug 15, 2025

HB 3046: UNI CIVIL SERVICE-EMPLOYEE RTS

Amends the State Universities Civil Service Act. Provides that nothing in the Act or any rules adopted under the Act prevents the parties to a collective bargaining agreement from agreeing to a provision that enhances employee rights. Effective immediately.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill explicitly allows collective bargaining agreements to include enhanced employee rights provisions, directly supporting labor protections under the topic.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Collective Bargaining Public Employees

in committee · Illinois · Senate Jul 2, 2025

SR 39: SOCIAL SECURITY AGE INCREASE

Urges Congress to reject any proposals to raise the Social Security retirement age and instead focus on strengthening and securing the program to ensure it provides the necessary benefits to millions of Americans nationwide.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill opposes raising Social Security retirement age to protect benefits, preventing potential government spending reductions on this essential program.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill opposes raising Social Security retirement age, protecting current benefit levels for workers, aligning with labor protection indicators.95% confidence

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Mar 21, 2025

SB 1666: HUMAN RIGHTS-CRITERIA-METHODS

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides, in the Articles governing employment, financial, and public accommodation discrimination, that the use of criteria or methods that have the effect of causing certain discrimination-related civil rights violations is unlawful, unless (i) the use of such criteria or methods is necessary to achieve a substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory interest or (ii) the substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory interest cannot be served by another practice that has a less discriminatory effect.

Topics ✓ HousingSupports HousingAmends Illinois Human Rights Act to prevent discriminatory criteria/methods in public accommodations, which includes housing discrimination, aligning with tenant protection indicators.75% confidence ✓ ImmigrationSupports ImmigrationAmends anti-discrimination law to prevent criteria causing national origin-based discrimination in employment/public accommodations, protecting immigrant rights.85% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentAmends Illinois Human Rights Act to prohibit discriminatory employment criteria, strengthening worker protection against bias in hiring and workplace practices.95% confidence

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in committee · Illinois · House Apr 7, 2026

HB 1145: INC TX-EMPLOYMENT DISABILITIES

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a taxpayer who employs a person with a developmental disability or a severe mental illness, as certified by the Department of Human Services, during the taxable year is entitled to an income tax credit in an amount equal to 25% of the wages paid by the taxpayer to the person with a developmental disability or severe mental illness, but not to exceed $6,000 in wages paid during the taxable year to any single qualified employee. Effective immediately.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesProvides tax credit to employers hiring disabled workers, reducing business tax burden and incentivizing employment through fiscal relief under tax code.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentProvides tax credit to employers hiring workers with disabilities, incentivizing employment and supporting workforce inclusion for vulnerable groups.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Income Tax Tax Credits

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in committee · Illinois · House Mar 21, 2025

HB 3753: PREVAILING WAGE TRUCKING

Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the transportation of ready-mixed concrete and aggregate materials shall be deemed to be employment upon public works. Includes additional trucking related activities within the scope of the Act. Includes in the calculation of the prevailing wage rate, rental costs for trucks and equipment provided by owner-operators. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Topics ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentExpands prevailing wage coverage to trucking workers transporting concrete/aggregates on public works, requiring higher wage calculations including equipment rental costs, strengthening worker pay protections.95% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill ensures prevailing wages for trucking in public works, protecting transportation workers' compensation on infrastructure projects.80% confidence

Sub-Topics Freight

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