IL HB4038

Amends the Employee Sick Leave Act to expand the definition of "personal sick leave benefits" to include time for personal care of a parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, or stepparent.

Allows employees to use personal sick leave for absences due to illness, injury, or medical appointments of specified relatives on the same terms as using leave for their own illness or injury.

Permits employers to limit use of personal sick leave for family care to an amount not less than what would be earned or accrued during 6 months at the employee's current rate of entitlement.

For employers with service-based sick leave accrual, allows limiting family care leave to half of the employee's maximum annual grant.

Does not require employers to modify existing personal sick leave benefits or paid time off policies that already provide equivalent benefits.