EMPLOYMENT-SAFETY

Amends the Safety Inspection and Education Act and the Health and Safety Act. Provides that the Acts apply only to public employers and public employees. Provides for coordination between the 2 Acts. Changes procedures and time schedules for adjudicating complaints arising under the Acts. Provides that the Division of Safety Inspection and Education under the Director of Labor shall ensure that the health and safety of the public employees in Illinois are protected by a program at least as effective as the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) program. Amends the Toxic Substances Disclosure to Employees Act. Provides that specified provisions of the Act are inoperative and the Department of Labor shall instead enforce federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hazard Communication standards; however, if at any time the Director of Labor determines that the federal standards have been amended so that they are less stringent than the Act, the Director of Labor shall adopt a rule setting forth this determination and a determination that the State law should again be operative to protect the health and safety of Illinois workers. Provides that, on the date such a rule is adopted, the Act shall again become operative, and the Department of Labor shall enforce the federal standards only to the extent the Act or rules of the Department provide for the enforcement of those standards. Effective immediately.