Chapter 820 — EMPLOYMENT

(820 ILCS 405/241) (from Ch. 48, par. 351) Sec. 241. Prior to September 27, 1959, "week" means such period of seven consecutive days as the Director may by regulation prescribe. On and after September 27, 1959, "week" means A. Calendar week, or B. Any seven consecutive day period…

(820 ILCS 405/242) (from Ch. 48, par. 352) Sec. 242. "Benefit year" with respect to any individual means the one-year period beginning with the first day of the week with respect to which the individual first files a valid claim for benefits and, thereafter, the one-year period b…

(820 ILCS 405/243) (from Ch. 48, par. 353) Sec. 243. "Board of Review" means the Board of Review created by Section 5-125 of the Departments of State Government Law (20 ILCS 5/5-125). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(820 ILCS 405/244) (from Ch. 48, par. 354) Sec. 244. "State" includes, in addition to the States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. (Source: P.A. 76-1063.)

(820 ILCS 405/245) (from Ch. 48, par. 370) Sec. 245. Coordination with Federal Unemployment Tax Act. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act to the contrary, excepting the exemptions from the definition of employment contained in Sections 212.1, 217.1, 217.2, 226, and 231 and …

(820 ILCS 405/246) (from Ch. 48, par. 371) Sec. 246. "Institution of higher education" means an educational institution which A. Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate; …

(820 ILCS 405/247) (from Ch. 48, par. 372) Sec. 247. "Hospital" means any institution for the conduct, operation or maintenance of which a license is required by the Hospital Licensing Act; or an institution (or a facility within an institution) maintained and operated by this St…

(820 ILCS 405/2500) (from Ch. 48, par. 740) Sec. 2500. Director not required to pay costs. Neither the Director nor the State of Illinois shall be required to furnish any bond, or to make a deposit for or pay any costs of any court or the fees of any of its officers in any judici…

(820 ILCS 405/2600) (from Ch. 48, par. 750) Sec. 2600. Every assignee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidator, administrator, executor, sheriff, mortgagee, conditional vendor, or any other person who shall sell substantially all of (A) the business, or (B) the stock of goods…

(820 ILCS 405/2700) (from Ch. 48, par. 760) Sec. 2700. Reciprocal arrangements. The Director is hereby authorized to enter into arrangements with the appropriate agencies of other States or the Federal Government or Canada whereby: A. Services performed by an individual for a sin…

(820 ILCS 405/2701) (from Ch. 48, par. 761) Sec. 2701. Authorization of financial transactions resulting from reciprocal arrangements. Authority is hereby given to the Director to make and the Treasurer to make or receive payments of such amounts as the Director finds are due to …

(820 ILCS 405/2702) (from Ch. 48, par. 762) Sec. 2702. Exchange of information, services and facilities-Equality of rights of nonresidents. A. The administration of this Act and of other State and Federal unemployment compensation and public employment service laws will be promot…

(820 ILCS 405/2800) (from Ch. 48, par. 780) Sec. 2800. Violations and penalties. A. It shall be unlawful for any person or employing unit to-- 1. Make a false statement or representation or fail to disclose a material fact: a. To obtain, or increase, or prevent, or reduce any ben…

(820 ILCS 405/2900) (from Ch. 48, par. 790) Sec. 2900. Moneys and increments to be sole source of benefits-Non-priority of rights. The moneys payable under this Act, together with increments thereon, shall be the sole and exclusive source for the payment of benefits payable hereu…

(820 ILCS 405/300) (from Ch. 48, par. 380) Sec. 300. Duration of coverage. Except as is provided in Sections 301 and 302, any employing unit which is or becomes an employer within any calendar year shall be subject to this Act during the whole of such calendar year. (Source: P.A.…

(820 ILCS 405/3000) (from Ch. 48, par. 800) Sec. 3000. Separability of provisions. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumsta…

(820 ILCS 405/301) (from Ch. 48, par. 381) Sec. 301. Termination of coverage. A. An employing unit shall cease to be an employer as of the first day of January of any calendar year, only if it files with the Director, prior to the 1st day of February of such year, a written appli…

(820 ILCS 405/302) (from Ch. 48, par. 382) Sec. 302. Election of coverage. A. An employing unit not otherwise subject to this Act, which files with the Director its written election to become an employer for not less than two calendar years, shall, with the written approval of th…

(820 ILCS 405/3100) (from Ch. 48, par. 810) Sec. 3100. Saving clause. The legislature reserves the power to amend or repeal this Act at any time, and all rights, privileges or immunities conferred by this Act, or by acts done pursuant thereto, shall exist subject to such power. (…

(820 ILCS 405/3200) (from Ch. 48, par. 820) Sec. 3200. Title of act. This Act may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Act. Whenever the term "unemployment compensation" appears in this Act it shall mean "unemployment insurance". (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)

(820 ILCS 405/400) (from Ch. 48, par. 400) Sec. 400. Payment of benefits. All benefits shall be paid through employment offices, as hereinafter provided, in accordance with such regulations as the Director may prescribe. (Source: Laws 1951, p. 32.)

(820 ILCS 405/401) (from Ch. 48, par. 401) Sec. 401. Weekly Benefit Amount - Dependents' Allowances. (I) A. With respect to any week beginning in a benefit year beginning prior to January 4, 2004, an individual's weekly benefit amount shall be an amount equal to the weekly benefi…

(820 ILCS 405/401.5) Sec. 401.5. Exclusion of student aid. For purposes of determining eligibility for or the amount of any benefits under this Act, the Department shall exclude from consideration any financial assistance received, under any student aid program administered by an…

(820 ILCS 405/402) (from Ch. 48, par. 402) Sec. 402. Reduced weekly benefits. Each eligible individual who is unemployed in any week, as defined in Section 239, shall be paid, with respect to such week, a benefit in an amount equal to his weekly benefit amount (plus dependents' a…

(820 ILCS 405/403) (from Ch. 48, par. 403) Sec. 403. Maximum total amount of benefits. (I) A. With respect to any benefit year beginning prior to September 30, 1979, any otherwise eligible individual shall be entitled, during such benefit year, to a maximum total amount of benefi…

(820 ILCS 405/404) (from Ch. 48, par. 404) Sec. 404. Payment of benefits due to deceased individuals. The Director may prescribe regulations to provide for the payment of benefits which are due and payable, to the legal representative, dependents, relatives or next of kin of pers…

(820 ILCS 405/405) (from Ch. 48, par. 405) Sec. 405. When wages payable treated as wages paid. The Director may, for the purpose of determining benefit rights of a claimant, treat wages payable but unpaid as wages paid, where such wages are not paid because of the insolvency, ban…

(820 ILCS 405/406) (from Ch. 48, par. 406) Sec. 406. Benefits after termination of military service. An individual otherwise eligible for benefits shall not be disqualified from the receipt thereof by reason of being entitled to readjustment allowances under the Servicemen's Read…

(820 ILCS 405/407) (from Ch. 48, par. 407) Sec. 407. Part-time workers. As used in this Section, the term "part-time worker" means an individual whose normal work is in an occupation in which his services are not required for the customary scheduled full time hours or days prevai…

(820 ILCS 405/408.5) Sec. 408.5. Additional benefits. A. Additional benefits shall be available: 1. only with respect to benefit years beginning on or after April 1, 2015 and prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly; and 2. to an otherwise e…

(820 ILCS 405/409) (from Ch. 48, par. 409) Sec. 409. Extended benefits. A. For the purposes of this Section: 1. "Extended benefit period" means a period which begins with the third week after a week for which there is a State "on" indicator; and ends with either of the following …

(820 ILCS 405/410) (from Ch. 48, par. 410) Sec. 410. The Director may prescribe regulations authorizing the deduction from an eligible individual's weekly benefit amount of an amount to pay for health insurance if the individual elects to have such deduction made and the deductio…

(820 ILCS 405/500) (from Ch. 48, par. 420) Sec. 500. Eligibility for benefits. An unemployed individual shall be eligible to receive benefits with respect to any week only if the Director finds that: A. He has registered for work at and thereafter has continued to report at an em…

(820 ILCS 405/500.1) Sec. 500.1. Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Benefits payable under this Act may not be denied or reduced because of the receipt of payments related to an employer's violati…

(820 ILCS 405/501) (from Ch. 48, par. 421) Sec. 501. Eligibility on basis of wages for previously uncovered services. A. Solely for the purposes of subsection E of Section 500, and notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the term "wages for insured work" as used in the …

(820 ILCS 405/502) Sec. 502. Eligibility for benefits under the Short-Time Compensation Program. A. The Director may by rule establish a short-time compensation program consistent with this Section. No short-time compensation shall be payable except as authorized by rule. B. As u…

(820 ILCS 405/600) (from Ch. 48, par. 430) Sec. 600. Disqualifications. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, as provided in Sections 601 to 614, inclusive. (Source: P.A. 80-2dSS-1.)

(820 ILCS 405/601) (from Ch. 48, par. 431) Sec. 601. Voluntary leaving. A. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits for the week in which the individual has left work voluntarily without good cause attributable to the employing unit and, thereafter, until the individual has…

(820 ILCS 405/602) (from Ch. 48, par. 432) Sec. 602. Discharge for misconduct - Felony. A. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits for the week in which he has been discharged for misconduct connected with his work and, thereafter, until he has become reemployed and has ha…

(820 ILCS 405/603) (from Ch. 48, par. 433) Sec. 603. Refusal of work. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits if he has failed, without good cause, either to apply for available, suitable work when so directed by the employment office or the Director, or to accept suitable…

(820 ILCS 405/604) (from Ch. 48, par. 434) Sec. 604. Labor dispute. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits for any week with respect to which it is found that his total or partial unemployment is due to a stoppage of work which exists because of a labor dispute at the fac…

(820 ILCS 405/605) (from Ch. 48, par. 435) Sec. 605. Receipt of unemployment benefits under another law. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits for any week with respect to which he has received or is seeking unemployment benefits under an unemployment compensation law of…

(820 ILCS 405/606) (from Ch. 48, par. 436) Sec. 606. Receipt of Workers' Compensation. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits for any week with respect to which he is receiving or has received remuneration in the form of compensation for temporary disability under the Wor…

(820 ILCS 405/607) (from Ch. 48, par. 437) Sec. 607. Ineligibility after 26 weeks - Work requirement for second benefit year. A. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits whenever, in any period commencing with a compensable week of unemployment, he has been allowed his full…

(820 ILCS 405/609) (from Ch. 48, par. 439) Sec. 609. Evasion of disqualifications. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits for any week in which he causes himself to be unavailable for work with intent to avoid any of the disqualifications imposed under the provisions of S…

(820 ILCS 405/610) (from Ch. 48, par. 440) Sec. 610. Vacation pay. A. Whenever an employer has announced a period of shutdown for the taking of inventory or for vacation purposes, or both, and at the time of or during such shutdown makes a payment or becomes obligated or holds hi…

(820 ILCS 405/611) (from Ch. 48, par. 441) Sec. 611. Retirement pay. A. For the purposes of this Section "disqualifying income" means: 1. The entire amount which an individual has received or will receive with respect to a week in the form of a retirement payment (a) from an indi…

(820 ILCS 405/611.1) Sec. 611.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-621, eff. 11-18-11. Repealed by P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)

(820 ILCS 405/612) (from Ch. 48, par. 442) Sec. 612. Academic personnel; ineligibility between academic years or terms. A. Benefits based on wages for services which are employment under the provisions of Sections 211.1, 211.2, and 302C shall be payable in the same amount, on the…

(820 ILCS 405/613) (from Ch. 48, par. 443) Sec. 613. Athletes - ineligibility between sport seasons. An individual shall be ineligible for benefits, on the basis of wages for any services if substantially all of such services consist of participating in sports or athletic events …