Come next year, the law will mandate nearly all Illinois employers give their workers a minimum of five paid days off, for any reason.
When it takes effect next year, a law signed Monday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker could allow 1.5 million workers to avoid making the hard choice between earning pay or staying home sick.
“Can you imagine people in this state cannot take a sick day without being penalized or losing their pay?” asked state Sen. Kim Lightford, D-Maywood. “Let’s think about that for just a second. Imagine your child’s down with the flu, a bad cold or even COVID and you are one of these millions of people. You have to consider: Should I leave my child home alone? Or risk losing my job?”
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton said she was thankful to not have to make those hard choices thanks to the support of her employer during the years she served as her dementia-ailed mom’s caretaker. “But there are far too many Illinoisans who are put between a rock and a hard place when life happens, and life does happen to all of us,” Stratton said. “Too many who feel they have to choose between their job and their loved ones, and honestly that is a false choice.”“Employers benefit from allowing employees to tend to the urgent personal matters of their lives.
Major business groups, like the state retail merchants’ association and the manufacturers’ group, backed the measure (
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