80 Ill. Adm. Code 630.320
Employee Rights After Leave
Section 630
Section 630.320Â Employee
Rights After Leave
When an employee returns from a
leave of absence of six (6) months or less, the department shall return the
employee to the same or similar position in the same class in which the
employee was incumbent prior to the commencement of the leave. Except for those
leaves granted under Sections 630.270 and 630.280, when an employee returns
from a leave or leaves exceeding six (6) months and there is no vacant position
available to him/her in the same class in which the employee was incumbent
prior to the leave or leaves commencing, the employee may be laid off without
consideration of continuous service and, if laid off, the employee's name shall
be placed on the reemployment list.