Illinois Statutes Chapter 820. Employment § 191/5. Definitions

§ 5. Definitions. In this Act:

“Covered family member” means an employee's child, stepchild, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent.

“Department” means the Department of Labor.

“Personal care” means activities to ensure that a covered family member's basic medical, hygiene, nutritional, or safety needs are met, or to provide transportation to medical appointments, for a covered family member who is unable to meet those needs himself or herself. “Personal care” also means being physically present to provide emotional support to a covered family member with a serious health condition who is receiving inpatient or home care.

“Personal sick leave benefits” means any paid or unpaid time available to an employee as provided through an employment benefit plan or paid time off policy to be used as a result of absence from work due to personal illness, injury, medical appointment, or for personal care of a covered family member. An employment benefit plan or paid time off policy does not include long term disability, short term disability, an insurance policy, or other comparable benefit plan or policy.