820 ILCS 154/10 : Business — Employment — Wages and Hours — Child Bereavement Leave Act[Effective 1/1/2023] Family Bereavement Leave Act — [Effective Until 1/1/2023] Bereavement Leave
(a) All employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 2 weeks (10 work days) of unpaid bereavement leave to:
(1) attend the funeral or alternative to a funeral of a child;
(2) make arrangements necessitated by the death of the child; or
(3) grieve the death of the child.
(b) Bereavement leave under subsection (a) of this Section must be completed within 60 days after the date on which the employee receives notice of the death of the child.
(c) An employee shall provide the employer with at least 48 hours' advance notice of the employee's intention to take bereavement leave, unless providing such notice is not reasonable and practicable.
(d) An employer may require reasonable documentation. Documentation may include a death certificate, a published obituary, or written verification of death, burial, or memorial services from a mortuary, funeral home, burial society, crematorium, religious institution, or government agency.
(e) In the event of the death of more than one child in a 12-month period, an employee is entitled to up to a total of 6 weeks of bereavement leave during the 12-month period. This Act does not create a right for an employee to take unpaid leave that exceeds the unpaid leave time allowed under, or is in addition to the unpaid leave time permitted by, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (
29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.).
820 ILCS 154/10
Added by P.A. 099-0703,§ 10, eff. 7/29/2016.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.