Under the Illinois Employee Blood and Organ Donation Act, employers with 51 or more employees must provide leave to a “participating employee” to donate blood or an organ. “Participating employee” means a full-time employee who has been employed by an employer for a period of 6 months or more and who donates blood or an organ.
Now, Illinois has expanded the Act to require employers to offer such leave to part-time employees as well. For a part-time employee using leave, the employer must calculate the daily average pay the part-time employee received during his or her previous two months of employment and compensate the part-time employee in the amount of the daily average pay for the leave days used.
The change goes into effect on January 1, 2026. You can access the enacted bill here.