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![handle is hein.sag/sagil0101 and id is 1 raw text is: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STATE OF ILLINOIS
Lisa Madigan
ATTORNEY GENERAL December 20, 2012
FILE NO. 12-001
LABOR:
Applicability of the Right to
Privacy in the Workplace Act
to a Non-Profit Hospital
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The Honorable David Luechtefeld /1
Assistant Minority Leader .
State Senator, 58th District
700 North Front Street
Okawville,/Illinois 62706 I
Dear Senator ec tefeZ
have your letter i ui wh e ubsection 5(b) of the Right to Privacy in the
Workplace c the Act) (8 0 CS 5 5/5(b) (West 2010)) permits a non-profit hospital to make
hiring decistionshether an individual uses tobacco products off of the hospital's
premises during non-working hours. Subsection 5(a) of the Act (820 ILCS 55/5(a) (West 2010))
generally prohibits an employer from making employment decisions based upon whether an
individual uses lawful products[, such as tobacco products,] off the premises of the employer
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