Section 2520.700  Definitions

For purposes of this Subpart, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

            Act – the Illinois Human Rights Act [775 ILCS 5].

            Affirmative Action Group – any of the groups listed in Section 2520.720 or 2520.730 of this Part.

            Agency – any instrumentality or facility of the executive branch of State government, as specified in Section 2520.710 of this Part.

            Central Management Services – the Department of Central Management Services or any successor agency responsible for its functions.

            Chief Executive Officer – the director or other chief executive or administrator of any agency other than the Department.

            Department – the Department of Human Rights.

            Director – the Director of the Department or a duly authorized designee.

            Disability – as used in Section 2-105(b) of the Act, a mental or physical condition (other than pregnancy), lasting six months or longer, that limits the amount or kind of work an individual can perform.

            EEO – Equal Employment Opportunity.

            EEO/AA – Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action.

            EEO Job Categories – the following eight categories:  officials/managers; professionals; paraprofessionals; technicians; office/clerical workers; protective services workers; skilled craft workers; and service/maintenance workers.

            EEO Officer – the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, whether full or part-time, appointed by a State agency pursuant to Section 2-105(B)(4) of the Act and Section 2520.780 of this Part.

            Layoff – the placement of an employee in non-paid and non-working status without prejudice, either temporarily or for an indeterminate length of time.  Layoff does not include, either temporarily or indeterminately, a means or form of discipline.

            Minority – those groups, or members of a group, listed in Section 2520.720 or 2520.730 of this Part, other than women and disabled persons.

            Numerical Goals – the number of members of an affirmative action group that have been determined to be available to an agency for employment in each of the EEO job categories.

            Petitioning Group – a chartered not-for-profit organization that is recognized by the community it purports to represent that has as its purpose fostering the interests and well being of that community.

            Plan – an affirmative action plan for employment as described in Section 2520.760.

            Program Goals – a set of actions established to address affirmative action or EEO problems cited in the agency's plan.

            Reasonable Accommodation – as it relates to disabled employees and applicants, modification of the work site, work process and/or work schedule to enable a disabled person to perform the major functions of a specific job; however, such an accommodation cannot impose an undue hardship on the conduct of the business of the employer or labor organization.

            Region – a group of adjacent counties.  There are 11 regions within Illinois as identified in Appendix D of this Part.

            Underutilized Category – a category in which the number of employed members of an affirmative action group for which numerical goals have been set does not reflect the availability of that group in the agency workforce in that EEO job category.

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 18715, effective November 20, 2006)