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APPROVING PAID SICK AND PERSONAL LEAVE BENEFITS REQUIRED FOR COUNTY EMPLOYEES
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WHEREAS, the Counties Code, 55 ILCS 5/5-1018, authorizes a county board to employ, appoint or contract for the services of personnel for the county board, its committees and chairman, as it finds necessary and desirable to the conduct of business of the county, and to fix the compensation of and pay for the services of such personnel; and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law Public Act 102-1143, titled the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (the "Act"), establishing "a minimum paid leave standard for all workers in Illinois," with certain exceptions; and
WHEREAS, the Act takes effect on January 1, 2024, and applies to State and local government employers within Illinois, except school districts and park districts;
WHEREAS, the mandatory paid leave standard required by the Act constitutes an unfunded mandate on the County pursuant to the State Mandates Act, 30 ILCS 805/1, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly incorporated language into Section 15(p) of the Act, 820 ILCS 192/15(p), which expressly provides that "[t]he provisions of this Act shall not apply to any employer that is covered by a municipal or county ordinance that is in effect on the effective date of this Act that requires employers to give any form of paid leave to their employees, including paid sick leave or paid leave;" and
WHEREAS, Section 15(n) of the Act, 820 ILCS 192/15(n), further provides that "[n]othing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the validity or change the terms of bona fide collective bargaining agreements in effect on January 1, 2024. After that date, requirements of this Act may be waived in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement, but only if the waiver is set forth explicitly in such agreement in clear and unambiguous terms;" and
WHEREAS, the County recognizes the impor...
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