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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 7 OF THE ORLAND PARK VILLAGE CODE TO add A NEW CHAPTER 20 RELATIVE TO CONFLICTS WITH CERTAIN HOME RULE COUNTY ORDINANCES (COOK COUNTY PAID SICK LEAVE ORDINANCE)
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WHEREAS, the Village of Orland Park (“Village”) is a home rule unit of local government as provided by Article VII, Section 7 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, on October 5, 2016, the Cook County Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance 16-5768, entitled “An Ordinance Establishing Earned Sick Leave For Employees In Cook County,” that requires private employers in Cook County to provide a minimum number of paid sick days to employees; and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 6(c) of the Illinois Constitution provides that if “a home rule county ordinance conflicts with an ordinance of a municipality, the municipal ordinance shall prevail within its jurisdiction;” and
WHEREAS, the Village finds that Cook County Ordinance 16-4229 places an undue and unequal burden on employers within the Village given the current requirements for employers under Federal and State law, and Cook County Ordinance 16-4229 creates and contributes to a burdensome patchwork quilt of regulation regarding the wages and benefits of employees that is properly a matter of Statewide concern that is outside the power of Cook County to regulate; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its authority under Article VII, Section 6(c) of the Illinois Constitution, the Village finds it in the best interest of the Village, Village residents, Village employers, and the public’s health, safety and welfare to amend the Village Code of the Village of Orland Park to clearly define the sick leave regulations that apply to employers located in the Village as being those set forth in State and Federal law.
NOW, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:
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The recitals above shall be and are hereby incorporated in this...
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