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New Illinois Law Provides Penalties for Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors.
On August 6, 2007, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed into law H.B. 1795, the Employee Classification Act. Under the new law, construction workers are automatically deemed to be employees of the contractor unless the worker meets the specific exceptions set forth in the Act. As Governor Blagojevich explained, the purpose of the new law is "to increase protections for workers" by ensuring they are protected by basic employment and labor laws and "to help law-abiding contractors, who are being underbid by contractors who misclassify their workers [as independent contractors]."
New Illinois Law Allows Paid Leave To Donate Blood (pdf).
On June 15, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed into law the Employee Blood Donation
Leave Act (House Bill 324). Under the new law, a full-time employee who has been employed by an
employer for at least six months can request up to one hour of paid leave to donate blood. The Act
applies to “any unit of local government, board of election commissioners, or any private employer in the State [of Illinois] who has 51 or more employees.”
