{"data":{"id":"us-il/820-ilcs-156-5","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"820 ILCS 156/5","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this Act:\n\"Child\" means an employee's biological, adopted, or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis.\n\"Department\" means the Department of Labor.\n\"Employee\" means a full-time employee of a large employer or a small employer who has worked for that employer for at least 2 weeks. \"Employee\" does not include full-time employees of the State of Illinois, except for those employees who are not otherwise eligible for family responsibility leave or a leave of absence without pay.\n\"Employer\" means a large employer or a small employer.\n\"Large employer\" means a person or entity, other than the federal government or an agency of the federal government, that employs 250 or more employees on a full-time basis in Illinois.\n\"Small employer\" means a person or entity, other than the federal government or an agency of the federal government, that employs at least 50 but fewer than 250 employees on a full-time basis in Illinois.","path":["CHAPTER 820 EMPLOYMENT","Child Extended Bereavement Leave Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=4447\u0026ChapterID=68\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:49Z","sha256":"9d9689482467436cb3ec69c3238ad5971636815d27331fb534b5f75ae4f1542d","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/820-ilcs-156-1","next":"us-il/820-ilcs-156-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}