5 ILCS 430/5-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 5 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|5 ILCS 430/ - State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.|Article 5 - Ethical Conduct

Sec. 5-5. Personnel policies.(a) Each of the following shall adopt and  implement personnel policies for all State employees under his, her, or its  jurisdiction and control: (i) each executive branch constitutional officer,  (ii) each legislative leader, (iii) the Senate Operations Commission, with  respect to legislative employees under Section 4 of the General Assembly  Operations Act, (iv) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, with respect  to legislative employees under Section 5 of the General Assembly Operations  Act, (v) the Joint Committee on Legislative Support  Services, with respect to State employees of the legislative support services  agencies,  (vi) members of the General Assembly, with respect to legislative assistants,  as provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly Compensation Act,  (vii) the Auditor General, (viii) the Board of Higher Education, with respect  to  State employees of public institutions of higher learning except community  colleges, and (ix)  the Illinois Community College Board, with respect to State employees of  community colleges. The Governor shall adopt and implement  those policies for all State employees of the executive branch not under the  jurisdiction and control  of any other executive branch constitutional officer.(b) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be filed with the  appropriate ethics commission established under this Act or, for the Auditor  General, with the Office of the Auditor General.(c) The policies required under subsection (a) shall include  policies  relating to work time requirements, documentation of time worked, documentation  for reimbursement  for travel on official State business, compensation, and the earning or accrual  of State  benefits for all State employees who may be eligible to receive those  benefits.  No later than 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the policies shall include, at a minimum: (i) a prohibition on sexual harassment; (ii) details on how an individual can report an allegation of sexual harassment, including options for making a confidential report to a supervisor, ethics officer, Inspector General, or the Department of Human Rights; (iii) a prohibition on retaliation for reporting sexual harassment allegations, including availability of whistleblower protections under this Act, the Whistleblower Act, and the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (iv) the consequences of a violation of the prohibition on sexual harassment and the consequences for knowingly making a false report. The policies shall comply with and be consistent with all other  applicable laws.  The policies shall  require State employees to periodically submit time sheets  documenting  the time spent each day on official State business to the nearest quarter hour;  contractual State employees may satisfy the  time sheets  requirement by complying with the terms  of their contract, which shall provide for a means of compliance with this  requirement. The policies for State employees  shall require those time sheets to be submitted  on  paper, electronically, or both and to be maintained in either paper or  electronic format by the applicable fiscal  office for a period of at least 2 years.(d) The policies required under subsection (a) shall be adopted by the  applicable entity before February 1, 2004 and shall apply to State  employees beginning 30 days after adoption.    (Source: P.A. 100-554, eff. 11-16-17.)