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Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Illinois Requires Paid Leave for Military Funeral Honors Details

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Illinois recently amended its Military Leave Act to provide up to 40 hours of paid leave per year (limited to eight hours per month) for employees serving on a funeral honors detail. This paid leave entitlement became...more

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Illinois Now Requires Paid Leave for Military Funeral Honors Detail

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Beginning August 1, 2025, Illinois employers with at least 51 employees must provide certain covered employees with up to eight hours of paid leave per month, or up to 40 hours of paid leave per calendar year to perform...more

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Illinois Adopts First of Its Kind Paid Military Funeral Honors Detail Leave

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On August 1, 2025, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 220, amending the state’s Military Leave Act to require employers to provide up to 40 hours of paid leave for eligible employees when serving on a funeral...more

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Military Leave and Public Employers

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As most public employers know, the rules that apply to the rest of the private employment world are sometimes different for them, particularly when it comes to pay, leave, and similar items. Iowa Code 29A.28 provides that...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

You Get Paid Leave! And You Get Paid Leave! USERRA Gets You Paid Military Leave!

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The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) entitles employees to paid short-term military leave in certain circumstances, following the...more

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Third Circuit Joins Seventh Circuit in Holding Paid Leave May Be Required During Military Service

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The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held on August 10 in Travers v. Federal Express Corporation that paid leave is among the “rights and benefits” that the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...more

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