SB2147 - Healthy Workplace Act

• Requires all employers in Illinois to provide employees a minimum of 7 paid sick days per 12-month period, accruing at 1 hour per 30 hours worked up to 56 hours maximum.

• Allows employees to use paid sick days for their own illness or medical care, caring for ill family members, attending medical appointments, school closures, and domestic or sexual violence situations.

• Employees must be paid their regular rate of pay for paid sick days and can request leave orally; employers cannot require sick day carryover to be forfeited and must carry over unused days annually up to 7 days.

• Prohibits employers from penalizing, disciplining, or retaliating against employees for using paid sick days or exercising rights under the Act, with civil penalties up to $2,500 per violation and liability for damages, attorney's fees, and expert witness costs.

• Creates the Healthy Workplace Fund in the state treasury funded by 20% of penalties collected, with the Illinois Department of Labor administering and enforcing the Act through administrative proceedings and civil actions.