Definitions

(820 ILCS 157/5)     Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:     "Child" means an employee's son or daughter who is a biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis.     "Department" means the Department of Labor.     "Employee" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act and also includes any employee of the State of Illinois.     "Employer" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 2 of the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act and also includes the State of Illinois.     "Neonatal intensive care unit" or "NICU" means a special care unit that provides medical treatment to premature and critically ill infants. (Source: P.A. 104-259, eff. 6-1-26.)