The Illinois Family Military Leave Act allows eligible employees who are the spouse or parent of a person called to military service to take unpaid leave during the family member's military service. Under the law, employees who work for an employer with more than 50 employees may take up to 30 days of leave. Employees working for employers with 15 to 50 employees can take up to 15 days of family military leave. Presently, this leave is in addition to the family military leave available under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
A new law recently signed by Governor Quinn amends the Family Military Leave Act to extend leave to children and grandparents of service members as well as spouses or parents. However, if an employee also uses "qualifying exigency" leave under the FMLA, the amount of leave available under the Illinois law will be reduced by the number of days the employee takes under the FMLA.
The amendment takes effect January 1, 2011.
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