(820 ILCS 405/700) (from Ch. 48, par. 450)
(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-839)
Sec. 700. Filing claims for benefits. Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Director may prescribe. Each employer shall post and maintain printed statements concerning such regulations or such other matters as the Director may by regulation prescribe in places readily accessible to individuals in such employer's service. Each employer shall supply to such individuals copies of such printed statements or materials relating to claims for benefits as the Director may by regulation prescribe. Such printed statements shall be supplied by the Director to each employer without cost to the employer.
(Source: Laws 1951, p. 32.)
(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-839) Sec. 700. Filing claims for benefits. A. Claims for benefits shall be made in accordance with such regulations as the Director may prescribe. Each employer shall post and maintain printed statements concerning such regulations or such other matters as the Director may by regulation prescribe in places readily accessible to individuals in such employer's service. Each employer shall supply to such individuals copies of such printed statements or materials relating to claims for benefits as the Director may by regulation prescribe. Such printed statements shall be supplied by the Director to each employer without cost to the employer. B. 1. When an employer employing 75 or more employees in this State at any point in time during the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which a layoff or separation occurs resulting in the separation of 50 or more employees at a single site of employment, excluding part-time employees as defined in subsection (e) of Section 5 of the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, conducts such a layoff or separation, the employer shall submit the name of each separated employee, each separated employee's social security number, the beginning date of each employee's separation, and, if applicable, the return to work date for each such employee, to the Department in the secure manner prescribed by the Department. Submissions required by this subsection shall be sent to the Department as soon as practicable prior to the beginning of any such separation. 2. Submission of the information by an employer in accordance with this subsection shall not be construed as a determination of eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits, and shall have no effect on an individual or employing unit's rights or responsibilities as set forth in this Act unless specifically stated. The Department may adopt rules necessary to implement and administer this subsection. The Department is authorized to enter into an appropriate agreement with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to provide information submitted under this subsection to assist in the coordination of layoff response activities. 3. In no event shall this subsection apply to any employer with respect to employees working in the construction industry who are covered by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement with a labor organization. 4. For the purposes of this subsection: "Construction industry" means any constructing, altering, reconstructing, repairing, rehabilitating, refinishing, refurbishing, remodeling, remediating, renovating, custom fabricating, maintenance, landscaping, improving, wrecking, painting, decorating, demolishing, and adding to or subtracting from any building, structure, highway, roadway, street, bridge, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant, water works, parking facility, railroad, excavation, or other structure, project, development, or real property, or improvement, or to any part thereof, including moving construction-related materials on the job site to or from the job site, snow plowing, snow removal, and refuse collection, whether or not the performance of the work involves the addition to, or fabrication into, any structure, project, development, or real property, or improvement, of any material or article of merchandise. "Single site of employment" has the meaning set forth in 56 Ill. Adm. Code 230.120. (Source: P.A. 104-839, eff. 1-1-27.)