Illinois Civil Air Patrol Leave (820 ILCS 148/1 et seq.)

NOTE: This leave will not appear on claims if your organization has chosen not to administer it.

Covered Employers: All employers that employ at last 15 employees

Employee Eligibility: An employee must have been employed by the same employer for at least 12 months and has been employed for at least 1,250 hours of service during the 12-month period immediately preceding the commencement of the leave.

Entitlement: Any employer that employs between 15 and 50 employees shall provide up to 15 days of unpaid civil air patrol leave to an employee performing a civil air patrol mission. An employer who employs more than 50 employees shall provide up to 30 days of unpaid civil air patrol leave

Employer Notice: Not specified

Employee Notice: The employee shall provide at least 14 days notice if leave will consist of 5 or more consecutive work days. When able, the employee shall consult with the employer to schedule the leave so as to not unduly disrupt the operations of the employer. If the leave is less than 5 days the employee must provide as much advance notice as possible.

Obligation to Provide Certifications or Documents Supporting Need for Leave: The employer may require certification from the proper civil air patrol authority.

Paid?: Unpaid. An employee cannot be required to have exhausted all paid leaves or accrued vacation.

Benefits: During any civil air patrol leave taken under this Act, the employer shall make it possible for employees to continue their benefits at the employee's expense. The employer and employee may negotiate for the employer to maintain benefits at the employer's expense for the duration of the leave. "Employee benefits" means all benefits, other than salary and wages, provided or made available to employees by an employer and includes group life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, and pensions, regardless of whether benefits are provided by a policy or practice of an employer.

Reinstatement: Any employee who exercises the right to civil air patrol leave under this Act, upon expiration of the leave, shall be entitled to be restored by the employer to the position held by the employee when the leave commenced or to a position with equivalent seniority status, employee benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of employment.

Other Important Definitions/Requirements: An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against any employee for opposing any practice made unlawful by this Act.

Relationship with Other Leave: N/A

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