§420.775. Victims' Economic Security and Safety Leave

In accordance with the Victims' Economic Safety and Security Act [820 ILCS 180], a permanent employee of the Office of the Secretary of State or a participant in a work assignment as a condition of receipt of federal or State income-based public assistance, who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence or has a family or household member who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence, shall be entitled to a total of 12 work weeks of unpaid leave in a 12 month period. The 12 month period shall commence with the effective date of the first date of leave. An employee who returns from a leave granted under this Section shall have the rights set forth in Section 420.680.

 

(Source:  Added at 36 Ill. Reg. 12125, effective July 16, 2012)