Groups push for expansive paid family, medical leave in Illinois twill
The same groups just celebrated a legislative victory last month with the passage of five days of paid leave -- negotiations that took four years but were ultimately agreed to by the state's most influential business groups and even garnered some Republican votes.
The coalition's initial proposal -- encapsulated in Senate Bill 1234 and House Bill 1530 -- would cover all employers in Illinois and all employees who earn at least $1,600 annually. Paid leave also would apply to contract workers. Those workers, if approved for leave, would receive 90% of their average weekly wages for their leave period, up to $1,200 per week. Eventually that maximum would be adjusted to 90% of the average weekly wage in Illinois.
Instead of returning to work after those two weeks, Green drained her savings to take the 12 weeks she anticipated needing. And even then, Green said, it wasn't enough.
"And if there comes a day that my children become ill and I need to leave work for a month, I expect to be fired instead of being allowed to return," Arreguin said. State Rep. Sonya Harper, a Chicago Democrat and the measure's House sponsor, said lack of a safety net is preventing many women from re-entering the workforce.
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