80 Ill. Adm. Code 303.150
Employee Rights After Leave
Section 303
Section 303.150Â Employee
Rights After Leave
When an employee returns from a
leave of absence of six months or less, the agency shall return the employee to
the same or similar position in the same class in which the employee was
incumbent prior to commencement of such leave. Except for those leaves granted
under Sections 303.155 and 303.160, when an employee returns from a leave or
leaves exceeding six months and there is no vacant position available to
him/her in the same class in which the employee was incumbent to such leave or
leaves commencing, the employee may be laid off in accordance with the rules on
voluntary reduction and layoffs.