IL: Unemployment Insurance Law

llinois has amended its Unemployment Insurance Act with respect to the dependent child allowance rate and as follows.

The provisions of the law pertaining to voluntary leaving have been amended. Now, an individual will not be disqualified from receiving benefits for leaving work voluntarily if he or she is deemed physically unable to perform his or her work by a licensed physician, or because the individual’s assistance is necessary for the purpose of caring for his or her spouse, child, or parent who is in poor physical or mental health.

In addition, an individual will not be disqualified from receiving benefits if he or she left work due to verified domestic violence where the violence reasonably caused the individual to believe that continued employment would jeopardize his or her safety or that of a family member. Nor will an individual be denied benefits for voluntarily leaving work due to a change in location of employment of the individual’s spouse from which it is impractical for the individual to commute.

(IL ¶14-1700)

Filed under: Illinois

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