Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

Filed: 4/20/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 405

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 405 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
5adding Section 50-80 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 500/50-80 new)
7    Sec. 50-80. Sexual harassment policy. Each bidder who
8submits a bid or offer for a State contract under this Code
9shall have a sexual harassment policy in accordance with
10paragraph (4) of subsection (A) of Section 2-105 of the
11Illinois Human Rights Act. A copy of the policy shall be
12provided to the State agency entering into the contract upon
13request.
 
14    Section 10. The Economic Development for a Growing Economy
15Tax Credit Act is amended by changing Section 5-20 and by

 

 

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1adding Section 5-58 as follows:
 
2    (35 ILCS 10/5-20)
3    Sec. 5-20. Application for a project to create and retain
4new jobs.
5    (a) Any Taxpayer proposing a project located or planned to
6be located in Illinois may request consideration for
7designation of its project, by formal written letter of request
8or by formal application to the Department, in which the
9Applicant states its intent to make at least a specified level
10of investment and intends to hire or retain a specified number
11of full-time employees at a designated location in Illinois. As
12circumstances require, the Department may require a formal
13application from an Applicant and a formal letter of request
14for assistance.
15    (b) In order to qualify for Credits under this Act, an
16Applicant's project must:
17        (1) if the Applicant has more than 100 employees,
18    involve an investment of at least $2,500,000 in capital
19    improvements to be placed in service within the State as a
20    direct result of the project; if the Applicant has 100 or
21    fewer employees, then there is no capital investment
22    requirement; and
23        (1.5) if the Applicant has more than 100 employees,
24    employ a number of new employees in the State equal to the
25    lesser of (A) 10% of the number of full-time employees

 

 

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1    employed by the applicant world-wide on the date the
2    application is filed with the Department or (B) 50 New
3    Employees; and, if the Applicant has 100 or fewer
4    employees, employ a number of new employees in the State
5    equal to the lesser of (A) 5% of the number of full-time
6    employees employed by the applicant world-wide on the date
7    the application is filed with the Department or (B) 50 New
8    Employees; and
9        (2) (blank);
10        (3) (blank); .
11        (4) include an annual sexual harassment policy report
12    as provided under Section 5-58.
13    (c) After receipt of an application, the Department may
14enter into an Agreement with the Applicant if the application
15is accepted in accordance with Section 5-25.
16(Source: P.A. 100-511, eff. 9-18-17.)
 
17    (35 ILCS 10/5-58 new)
18    Sec. 5-58. Sexual harassment policy report. Each taxpayer
19claiming a credit under this Act shall, no later than April 15
20of each taxable year for which the taxpayer claims a credit
21under this Act, submit to the Department of Commerce and
22Economic Opportunity a report detailing that taxpayer's sexual
23harassment policy, which contains, at a minimum, the following
24information: (i) the illegality of sexual harassment; (ii) the
25definition of sexual harassment under State law; (iii) a

 

 

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1description of sexual harassment, utilizing examples; (iv) the
2vendor's internal complaint process, including penalties; (v)
3the legal recourse, and investigative and complaint processes
4available through the Department; (vi) directions on how to
5contact the Department; and (vii) protection against
6retaliation as provided by Section 6-101 of the Illinois Human
7Rights Act. A copy of the policy shall be provided to the
8Department upon request. The reports required under this
9Section shall be submitted in a form and manner determined by
10the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
 
11    Section 15. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
12changing Section 2-105 as follows:
 
13    (775 ILCS 5/2-105)  (from Ch. 68, par. 2-105)
14    Sec. 2-105. Equal Employment Opportunities; Affirmative
15Action.
16    (A) Public Contracts. Every party to a public contract and
17every eligible bidder shall:
18        (1) Refrain from unlawful discrimination and
19    discrimination based on citizenship status in employment
20    and undertake affirmative action to assure equality of
21    employment opportunity and eliminate the effects of past
22    discrimination;
23        (2) Comply with the procedures and requirements of the
24    Department's regulations concerning equal employment

 

 

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1    opportunities and affirmative action;
2        (3) Provide such information, with respect to its
3    employees and applicants for employment, and assistance as
4    the Department may reasonably request;
5        (4) Have written sexual harassment policies that shall
6    include, at a minimum, the following information: (i) the
7    illegality of sexual harassment; (ii) the definition of
8    sexual harassment under State law; (iii) a description of
9    sexual harassment, utilizing examples; (iv) the vendor's
10    internal complaint process including penalties; (v) the
11    legal recourse, investigative and complaint process
12    available through the Department and the Commission; (vi)
13    directions on how to contact the Department and Commission;
14    and (vii) protection against retaliation as provided by
15    Section 6-101 of this Act. A copy of the policies shall be
16    provided to the Department upon request. Additionally,
17    each bidder who submits a bid or offer for a State contract
18    under the Illinois Procurement Code shall have a written
19    copy of the bidder's sexual harassment policy as required
20    under this paragraph (4). A copy of the policy shall be
21    provided to the State agency entering into the contract
22    upon request.
23    (B) State Agencies. Every State executive department,
24State agency, board, commission, and instrumentality shall:
25        (1) Comply with the procedures and requirements of the
26    Department's regulations concerning equal employment

 

 

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1    opportunities and affirmative action;
2        (2) Provide such information and assistance as the
3    Department may request.
4        (3) Establish, maintain, and carry out a continuing
5    affirmative action plan consistent with this Act and the
6    regulations of the Department designed to promote equal
7    opportunity for all State residents in every aspect of
8    agency personnel policy and practice. For purposes of these
9    affirmative action plans, the race and national origin
10    categories to be included in the plans are: American Indian
11    or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American,
12    Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
13    Islander.
14        This plan shall include a current detailed status
15    report:
16            (a) indicating, by each position in State service,
17        the number, percentage, and average salary of
18        individuals employed by race, national origin, sex and
19        disability, and any other category that the Department
20        may require by rule;
21            (b) identifying all positions in which the
22        percentage of the people employed by race, national
23        origin, sex and disability, and any other category that
24        the Department may require by rule, is less than
25        four-fifths of the percentage of each of those
26        components in the State work force;

 

 

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1            (c) specifying the goals and methods for
2        increasing the percentage by race, national origin,
3        sex and disability, and any other category that the
4        Department may require by rule, in State positions;
5            (d) indicating progress and problems toward
6        meeting equal employment opportunity goals, including,
7        if applicable, but not limited to, Department of
8        Central Management Services recruitment efforts,
9        publicity, promotions, and use of options designating
10        positions by linguistic abilities;
11            (e) establishing a numerical hiring goal for the
12        employment of qualified persons with disabilities in
13        the agency as a whole, to be based on the proportion of
14        people with work disabilities in the Illinois labor
15        force as reflected in the most recent employment data
16        made available by the United States Census Bureau.
17        (4) If the agency has 1000 or more employees, appoint a
18    full-time Equal Employment Opportunity officer, subject to
19    the Department's approval, whose duties shall include:
20            (a) Advising the head of the particular State
21        agency with respect to the preparation of equal
22        employment opportunity programs, procedures,
23        regulations, reports, and the agency's affirmative
24        action plan.
25            (b) Evaluating in writing each fiscal year the
26        sufficiency of the total agency program for equal

 

 

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1        employment opportunity and reporting thereon to the
2        head of the agency with recommendations as to any
3        improvement or correction in recruiting, hiring or
4        promotion needed, including remedial or disciplinary
5        action with respect to managerial or supervisory
6        employees who have failed to cooperate fully or who are
7        in violation of the program.
8            (c) Making changes in recruitment, training and
9        promotion programs and in hiring and promotion
10        procedures designed to eliminate discriminatory
11        practices when authorized.
12            (d) Evaluating tests, employment policies,
13        practices and qualifications and reporting to the head
14        of the agency and to the Department any policies,
15        practices and qualifications that have unequal impact
16        by race, national origin as required by Department
17        rule, sex or disability or any other category that the
18        Department may require by rule, and to assist in the
19        recruitment of people in underrepresented
20        classifications. This function shall be performed in
21        cooperation with the State Department of Central
22        Management Services.
23            (e) Making any aggrieved employee or applicant for
24        employment aware of his or her remedies under this Act.
25            In any meeting, investigation, negotiation,
26        conference, or other proceeding between a State

 

 

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1        employee and an Equal Employment Opportunity officer,
2        a State employee (1) who is not covered by a collective
3        bargaining agreement and (2) who is the complaining
4        party or the subject of such proceeding may be
5        accompanied, advised and represented by (1) an
6        attorney licensed to practice law in the State of
7        Illinois or (2) a representative of an employee
8        organization whose membership is composed of employees
9        of the State and of which the employee is a member. A
10        representative of an employee, other than an attorney,
11        may observe but may not actively participate, or advise
12        the State employee during the course of such meeting,
13        investigation, negotiation, conference or other
14        proceeding. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
15        to permit any person who is not licensed to practice
16        law in Illinois to deliver any legal services or
17        otherwise engage in any activities that would
18        constitute the unauthorized practice of law. Any
19        representative of an employee who is present with the
20        consent of the employee, shall not, during or after
21        termination of the relationship permitted by this
22        Section with the State employee, use or reveal any
23        information obtained during the course of the meeting,
24        investigation, negotiation, conference or other
25        proceeding without the consent of the complaining
26        party and any State employee who is the subject of the

 

 

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1        proceeding and pursuant to rules and regulations
2        governing confidentiality of such information as
3        promulgated by the appropriate State agency.
4        Intentional or reckless disclosure of information in
5        violation of these confidentiality requirements shall
6        constitute a Class B misdemeanor.
7        (5) Establish, maintain and carry out a continuing
8    sexual harassment program that shall include the
9    following:
10            (a) Develop a written sexual harassment policy
11        that includes at a minimum the following information:
12        (i) the illegality of sexual harassment; (ii) the
13        definition of sexual harassment under State law; (iii)
14        a description of sexual harassment, utilizing
15        examples; (iv) the agency's internal complaint process
16        including penalties; (v) the legal recourse,
17        investigative and complaint process available through
18        the Department and the Commission; (vi) directions on
19        how to contact the Department and Commission; and (vii)
20        protection against retaliation as provided by Section
21        6-101 of this Act. The policy shall be reviewed
22        annually.
23            (b) Post in a prominent and accessible location and
24        distribute in a manner to assure notice to all agency
25        employees without exception the agency's sexual
26        harassment policy. Such documents may meet, but shall

 

 

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1        not exceed, the 6th grade literacy level. Distribution
2        shall be effectuated within 90 days of the effective
3        date of this amendatory Act of 1992 and shall occur
4        annually thereafter.
5            (c) Provide training on sexual harassment
6        prevention and the agency's sexual harassment policy
7        as a component of all ongoing or new employee training
8        programs.
9        (6) Notify the Department 30 days before effecting any
10    layoff. Once notice is given, the following shall occur:
11            (a) No layoff may be effective earlier than 10
12        working days after notice to the Department, unless an
13        emergency layoff situation exists.
14            (b) The State executive department, State agency,
15        board, commission, or instrumentality in which the
16        layoffs are to occur must notify each employee targeted
17        for layoff, the employee's union representative (if
18        applicable), and the State Dislocated Worker Unit at
19        the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
20            (c) The State executive department, State agency,
21        board, commission, or instrumentality in which the
22        layoffs are to occur must conform to applicable
23        collective bargaining agreements.
24            (d) The State executive department, State agency,
25        board, commission, or instrumentality in which the
26        layoffs are to occur should notify each employee

 

 

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1        targeted for layoff that transitional assistance may
2        be available to him or her under the Economic
3        Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act
4        administered by the Department of Commerce and
5        Economic Opportunity. Failure to give such notice
6        shall not invalidate the layoff or postpone its
7        effective date.
8     As used in this subsection (B), "disability" shall be
9defined in rules promulgated under the Illinois Administrative
10Procedure Act.
11    (C) Civil Rights Violations. It is a civil rights violation
12for any public contractor or eligible bidder to:
13        (1) fail to comply with the public contractor's or
14    eligible bidder's duty to refrain from unlawful
15    discrimination and discrimination based on citizenship
16    status in employment under subsection (A)(1) of this
17    Section; or
18        (2) fail to comply with the public contractor's or
19    eligible bidder's duties of affirmative action under
20    subsection (A) of this Section, provided however, that the
21    Department has notified the public contractor or eligible
22    bidder in writing by certified mail that the public
23    contractor or eligible bidder may not be in compliance with
24    affirmative action requirements of subsection (A). A
25    minimum of 60 days to comply with the requirements shall be
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1    the Department may issue formal notice of non-compliance.
2    (D) As used in this Section:
3        (1) "American Indian or Alaska Native" means a person
4    having origins in any of the original peoples of North and
5    South America, including Central America, and who
6    maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
7        (2) "Asian" means a person having origins in any of the
8    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the
9    Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited to,
10    Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
11    the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
12        (3) "Black or African American" means a person having
13    origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms
14    such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to
15    "Black or African American".
16        (4) "Hispanic or Latino" means a person of Cuban,
17    Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other
18    Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
19        (5) "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander" means a
20    person having origins in any of the original peoples of
21    Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
22(Source: P.A. 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)".