820 ILCS 190/5: Public policy.

It is the purpose of this Act that temporary or short-term employees employed by the State of Illinois and its political subdivisions or other public employers shall have continuity of health and welfare insurance, pension, and other fringe benefits for work performed for the State of Illinois, its political subdivisions, and other public employers, and that the State of Illinois and its political subdivisions and other public employers shall have the contractual authority to execute written agreements with employee benefit plans and labor organizations to ensure that temporary and short-term employees have continuity of health and welfare insurance, pension, and other fringe benefits for work performed for the State of Illinois and its political subdivisions or other public employers.