Workplace Health and Safety Policy
(with Acknowledgment) (IL)

This template is an Illinois workplace health and safety policy that informs employees of their employer's commitment to maintaining a safe working environment. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and an alternate clause. This template is intended for private employers. Note that Illinois has a state-specific Occupational Health and Safety Act, 820 ILCS 219/1 et seq., but it only applies to public-sector employers. 820 ILCS 219/5. For more information, see OSHA Compliance: Illinois Brightmine HR & Compliance Center Employment Law Guide 3152. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as a standalone policy. This workplace health and safety policy is based on federal and Illinois law. This template also sets forth the process by which employees may report workplace illnesses and injuries for the employer to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Act's (OSH Act) recordkeeping requirements. For information on workplace safety and health issues in Illinois, see OSHA Compliance: Illinois Brightmine HR & Compliance Center Employment Law Guide 3152, Employee Health: Illinois Brightmine HR & Compliance Center Employment Law Guide 3239, and Workplace Safety: Illinois Brightmine HR & Compliance Center Employment Law Guide 3290. For more information on OSH Act compliance, see OSH Act Requirements, Inspections, Citations, and Defenses, Pandemic Flu/Influenza/Coronavirus (COVID-19): Key Employment Law Issues, Prevention, and Response, and Practical Guidance's Labor & Employment offering's Occupational Safety and Health Act practice note page. See also HR and Workplace Safety (OSHA Compliance), Brightmine HR & Compliance Center Employment Law Guide 3146. For tracking of recent laws and agency rules regarding employer requirements under the OSH Act and other key federal, state, and local Labor & Employment legal developments, see Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker (Current).