Illinois Statutes Chapter 5. General Provisions § 415/5. Definitions

(1) Conduct demonstrating conscious disregard of an employer's interests and found to be a deliberate violation or disregard of the reasonable standards of behavior which the employer expects of his or her employee. Such conduct may include, but is not limited to, willful damage to an employer's property that results in damage of more than $50, or theft of employer property or property of a customer or invitee of the employer.

(2) Carelessness or negligence to a degree or recurrence that manifests culpability or wrongful intent, or shows an intentional and substantial disregard of the employer's interests or of the employee's duties and obligations to his or her employer.

(3) Chronic absenteeism or tardiness in deliberate violation of a known policy of the employer or one or more unapproved absences following a written reprimand or warning relating to more than one unapproved absence.

(4) A willful and deliberate violation of a standard or regulation of this State by an employee of an employer licensed or certified by this State, which violation would cause the employer to be sanctioned or have its license or certification suspended by this State.

(5) A violation of an employer's rule, unless the claimant can demonstrate that:

(6) Other conduct, including, but not limited to, committing criminal assault or battery on another employee, or on a customer or invitee of the employer, or committing abuse or neglect of a patient, resident, disabled person, elderly person, or child in her or his professional care.