HB5366 Summary

• Amends the Workers' Compensation Act (820 ILCS 305/4) to prohibit employers from demoting employees because of their exercise of rights under the Act.

• Adds "demote" as an unlawful employer action alongside existing prohibitions on interference, restraint, coercion, discrimination, and discharge related to workers' compensation claims.

• Applies the demotion prohibition to employers, insurance companies, and service or adjustment companies.

• Effective immediately upon becoming law.