We wanted to remind employers that the Illinois Paid Leave for All Works Act will be effective starting 2024.

The Illinois Department of Labor released on November 3, 2023, the Proposed rules implementing the IPLAWA, and comments where received until December 18, 2023.

Finally, the FAQs regarding the IPLAWA have been updated on December 5, 2023.

Resources

• March 2023: Illinois Passes “Paid Leave for All Workers Act” (Vensure)
• IDOL FAQs
• IDOL published proposed rules 

Source References

• Time is Running Out on Illinois Employers — Better Have Your PAID LEAVE Policy in Place by 12-31-23! (Amundsen Davis LLC)
• Illinois Department of Labor Publishes Proposed Rules Implementing the Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act (Jackson Lewis P.C.)

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