SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WREX) — A new law in Illinois expands the amount of time employees can take leave from work due to the death of a loved one.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 3120, also known as the Family Bereavement Act, into law Thursday.
The law amends the Child Bereavement Leave Act to expand leave time requirements to cover pregnancy loss, failed adoptions, unsuccessful reproductive procedures, and other diagnoses or events that impact pregnancy and fertility.
The legislation also mandates leave after the loss of family members previously not covered in the act. SB 3120, according to the Governor's office, was originally proposed and written by Kyra Jogdzinski, a volunteer for State Sen. Melinda Bush (D-Grayslake).
“Over my life, I watched as my parents struggled with the loss of family, and saw people close to me struggle with fertility challenges and pregnancy loss,” Jagodzinski says. “As a 17-year-old, I did my best to comfort them but found a system that left them without support. The Act provides Illinois residents with time to grieve the loss of immediate family members and to-be family members.”
The Support Through Loss Act requires Illinois employers to give two weeks of unpaid leave for employees who experience a miscarriage, an unsuccessful round of an assisted reproductive procedure, a failed or non-finalized adoption match, a failed surrogacy agreement, a diagnosis affecting fertility, or a stillbirth.
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