{"id":"DUT-IL-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Illinois","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of the Illinois Attorney General (Kwame Raoul), with the Governor\u0027s Office, Illinois Department of Labor, Illinois Department of Employment Security and Illinois Department of Public Health","authority":"Executive Orders 2020-32 ¶¶ 5 and 18, 2020-38, 2020-43 and 2020-73 (posting requirement and \u0027Businesses must follow guidance provided or published by... the Workplace Rights Bureau of the Office of the Illinois Attorney General with respect to Social Distancing Requirements\u0027); Whistleblower Act, 740 ILCS 174; federal and Illinois occupational safety and health law","instrument":"Guidance for Employers and Employees on Workers\u0027 Rights and Safety During the Restore Illinois Plan (revision of December 9, 2020)","title":"State guidance stating that federal and Illinois law require employers to maintain a safe and healthy workplace, that employers are required to follow the Governor\u0027s executive orders, and listing the minimum workplace safety requirements","dateIssued":"2020-12-09","effective":"2020-05-01 (posting of the IDPH and Attorney General workplace-safety guidance required of every business with employees physically reporting to a work-site from May 1, 2020, EO 2020-32 ¶ 5)","end":"Posting and compliance requirements carried in EO 2020-38, 2020-43 and 2020-73 through the Phase 4 and Tier 3 periods; the Phase 5 order of June 11, 2021 converted the general business protocols to \u0027urged\u0027","startDate":"2020-05-01","endDate":"2021-06-11","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","MASK","TELE","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers (all); employees"],"clause":"Federal and Illinois law require employers to maintain a safe and healthy workplace.... Employers are required to follow the Governor\u0027s Executive Orders.... All employers are required to:... Ensure that employees practice social distancing and wear face coverings when social distancing is not always possible","enforcement":"Enforcement of the underlying executive orders (20 ILCS 3305; 690.50 and 20 ILCS 2305/8.1); Whistleblower Act remedies for retaliation; Attorney General Workplace Rights Bureau complaints","functions":[],"notes":"States that \u0027all employers are required to\u0027 evaluate remote work, ensure distancing and face coverings, ensure that gathering spaces allow distancing, ensure that visitors can distance, and \u0027prominently post the guidance from IDPH and the Office of the Illinois Attorney General regarding workplace safety\u0027; states as recommendations that employers \u0027should provide face coverings at no charge\u0027 and that visitors \u0027should be encouraged to wear face coverings\u0027; records that private-sector employees are protected by the federal OSH Act and public employees by the Illinois OSH Act, and that retaliation for raising COVID-19 safety concerns is prohibited.","sourceUrl":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/documents/guidance-on-workers-rights-and-safety-12-9-20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":930333,"grade":"primary","character":"guidance_incorporated","description":"","collection":"DUT-IL","url":"/library/DUT-IL-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-IL-013","citation":"Office of the Illinois Attorney General (Kwame Raoul), with the Governor\u0027s Office, Illinois Department of Labor, Illinois Department of Employment Security and Illinois Department of Public Health, Guidance for Employers and Employees on Workers\u0027 Rights and Safety During the Restore Illinois Plan (revision of December 9, 2020) (Dec. 9, 2020) (Ex. DUT-IL-013)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["DUT-IL-007"]}