820 ILCS 260/1
(820 ILCS 260/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act. (Source: P.A. 92-68, eff. 7-12-01.)
820 ILCS 260
820 ILCS 260
in effect820 ILCS 260/5 Definitions
(820 ILCS 260/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: "Employee" means a person currently employed or subject to recall after layoff or leave of absence with a right to return at a position with an employer or a former employee who has terminated service within the preceding year. "Employer" means an individual, corporation, partnership, labor organization, or unincorporated association, the State, an agency or political subdivision of the State, or any other legal, business, or commercial entity that has more than 5 employees exclusive of the employer's parent, spouse, or child or other members of the employer's immediate family. "Employer" includes an agent of an employer. (Source: P.A. 92-68, eff. 7-12-01.)
820 ILCS 260/10
(820 ILCS 260/10) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-76) Sec. 10. Break time for nursing mothers. An employer shall provide reasonable break time to an employee who needs to express breast milk for her nursing infant child each time the employee has the need to express milk for one year after the child's birth. The break time may run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee. An employer may not reduce an employee's compensation for time used for the purpose of expressing milk or nursing a baby. An employer shall provide reasonable break time as needed by the employee unless to do so would create an undue hardship as defined by item (J) of Section 2-102 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. (Source: P.A. 100-1003, eff. 8-21-18.) (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-76) Sec. 10. Break time for nursing mothers. An employer shall provide reasonable break time to an employee who needs to express breast milk for her nursing infant child each time the employee has the need to express milk for one year after the child's birth. The break time may run concurrently with any break time already provided to the employee. An employer shall compensate the employee during the break time at the employee's regular rate of compensation. An employer shall not require the employee to use paid leave during the break time or reduce the employee's compensation during the break time in any other manner. An employer shall provide paid reasonable break time as needed by the employee unless to do so would create an undue hardship as defined by item (J) of Section 2-102 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. (Source: P.A. 104-76, eff. 1-1-26.)
820 ILCS 260/15
(820 ILCS 260/15) Sec. 15. Private place for nursing mothers. An employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet stall, where an employee described in Section 10 can express her milk in privacy. (Source: P.A. 92-68, eff. 7-12-01.)
820 ILCS 260/99
(820 ILCS 260/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 92-68, eff. 7-12-01.)
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