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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4
Article 1.

 
5    Section 1-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
6Workplace Transparency Act. References in this Article to "this
7Act" mean this Article.
 
8    Section 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9    "Arbitration agreement" means an agreement between an
10employer and an employee to submit to arbitration all or
11certain disputes that arise in respect of a defined legal
12relationship, whether contractual or not, and may be in the
13form of an arbitration clause in a contract or in the form of a
14separate agreement.
15    "Employee" has the same meaning as set forth in Section
162-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
17    "Employer" has the same meaning as set forth in Section
182-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
19    "Nondisclosure clause" means a provision in a contract or
20agreement between an employer and employee establishing that
21the parties to the contract or agreement agree not to disclose
22information covered by the terms and conditions of the contract

 

 

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1or agreement.
2    "Nondisparagement clause" means a provision in a contract
3or agreement between an employer and employee requiring one or
4more parties to the contract or agreement not to make negative
5statements about the other.
6    "Sexual harassment" has the same meaning as set forth in
7Section 2-101 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
 
8    Section 1-10. Prohibitions.
9    (a) An employer may not enter into a contract or agreement
10with an employee or applicant, as a condition of employment,
11promotion, compensation, benefits, or change in employment
12status or contractual relationship, or as a term, condition, or
13privilege of employment, if that contract or agreement contains
14a nondisclosure or nondisparagement clause that covers
15harassment or discrimination as provided under Section 2-102 of
16the Illinois Human Rights Act. Any such nondisclosure or
17nondisparagement clause is severable, and all other provisions
18of the employment contract shall remain in effect.
19    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employer
20may not enforce or attempt to enforce a nondisparagement clause
21or nondisclosure clause described in subsection (a) or
22retaliate against an employee or applicant for reporting,
23resisting, opposing, or assisting in the investigation of
24harassment or discrimination as provided in Section 2-102 of
25the Illinois Human Rights Act.

 

 

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1    (c) Except when inconsistent with federal or State law, an
2employer may enter into a contract or agreement with an
3employee or applicant. However, an arbitration clause shall
4contain a written exception for claims of harassment or
5discrimination, as provided under Section 2-102 of the Illinois
6Human Rights Act, and shall allow an employee or applicant to
7pursue such claims against the employer through either arbitral
8or judicial forums.
9    (d) An employer may not enforce or attempt to enforce an
10arbitration clause entered into if the clause does not contain
11the written exception required in subsection (c). Any such
12arbitration clause is severable, and all other provisions of
13the contract or agreement shall remain in effect.
 
14    Section 1-15. Voidable agreements. A contract or agreement
15containing a provision contrary to this Act that was entered
16into on or before the effective date of this Act shall be
17voidable by a party who entered into it under any of the
18following circumstances:
19    (1) while under duress in the execution of the contract or
20agreement;
21    (2) while incompetent or impaired at the time of execution
22of the contract or agreement; or
23    (3) while a minor at the time of execution of the contract
24or agreement, regardless of whether the person was represented
25at the time by counsel, a guardian, or a parent.
 

 

 

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1    Section 1-20. Unconscionable terms. There is a rebuttable
2presumption that the following contractual terms are
3unconscionable if they are included in an arbitration agreement
4and the employee or applicant does not draft the contract or
5agreement:
6    (1) A requirement that resolution of legal claims take
7place in an inconvenient venue. As used in this paragraph,
8"inconvenient venue" means: (i) for State law claims, a place
9other than the county in which the employee or applicant
10resides or the contract was consummated; and (ii) for federal
11law claims, a place other than the federal judicial district in
12which the employee or applicant resides or the contract was
13consummated.
14    (2) A waiver of the employee or applicant's right to assert
15claims or seek remedies provided by State or federal statute.
16    (3) A waiver of the employee or applicant's right to seek
17punitive damages as provided by law.
18    (4) A provision limiting the time that an employee or
19applicant may bring an action to a period shorter than the
20applicable statute of limitations.
21    (5) A requirement that the employee or applicant pay fees
22and costs to bring a legal claim substantially in excess of the
23fees and costs that State or federal courts require to bring a
24claim.
 

 

 

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1    Section 1-25. Settlement or separation agreements.
2    (a) This Act does not apply to a nondisclosure clause or
3nondisparagement clause contained in a settlement agreement or
4separation agreement that resolves legal claims or disputes if:
5        (1) the legal claims accrued or the disputes arose
6    before the settlement agreement or separation agreement
7    was executed;
8        (2) the clauses are mutually agreed upon and mutually
9    benefit both the employer and the employee;
10        (3) the settlement or separation agreement is provided
11    to all parties, unless knowingly and voluntarily waived by
12    the employee or applicant, and the employee or applicant
13    has 21 calendar days to consider the agreement before it is
14    executed; and
15        (4) unless knowingly and voluntarily waived by the
16    employee or applicant, the employee or applicant has 7
17    calendar days following execution of the agreement to
18    revoke the agreement and the agreement is not effective or
19    enforceable until the revocation period has expired.
20    (b) An employer may not unilaterally include a
21nondisclosure clause or nondisparagement clause that solely
22benefits the employer in a separation or settlement agreement.
23    (c) Notwithstanding signing, before or after the effective
24date of this Act, a settlement or separation agreement
25containing a nondisclosure or nondisparagement clause, an
26employee or applicant retains any right that person would

 

 

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1otherwise have had to report a concern about workplace
2harassment or discrimination, including sexual harassment or
3another violation of the law, to the Department of Human Rights
4or any other federal, State, or local agency, and any right
5that person would otherwise have had to bring an action in a
6court of this State or of the United States.
 
7    Section 1-30. Enforcement. A violation of this Act
8constitutes a civil rights violation under the Illinois Human
9Rights Act.
 
10    Section 1-35. Application. If there is a conflict between
11any collective bargaining agreement and this Act, the
12collective bargaining agreement controls.
 
13    Section 1-40. Limitations. This Act shall not be construed
14to limit an employer's ability to require confidentiality of:
15    (1) An employee who receives complaints of workplace
16harassment, including sexual harassment, or other employment
17discrimination as a part of his or her assigned job duties; or
18    (2) An individual who is notified and requested to
19participate in an open and ongoing investigation into alleged
20workplace harassment, including sexual harassment, or other
21employment discrimination and requested to maintain reasonable
22confidentiality during the pendency of that investigation.
 

 

 

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1    Section 1-45. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
2severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
3
Article 2.

 
4    Section 2-5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
5changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
7    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
8by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be exempt
9from inspection and copying:
10        (a) All information determined to be confidential
11    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
12    Development Act.
13        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
14    library users with specific materials under the Library
15    Records Confidentiality Act.
16        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
17    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
18    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other records
19    prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
20    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
21    has received.
22        (d) Information and records held by the Department of
23    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating

 

 

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1    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
2    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
3    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
4    Disease Control Act.
5        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
6    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
7        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
8    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
9    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
10        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
11    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
12    Tuition Act.
13        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
14    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
15    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
16    general's office that would be exempt if created or
17    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
18    that Act.
19        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
20    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a local
21    emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted under
22    Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
23        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
24    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
25    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
26        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information

 

 

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1    or driver identification information compiled by a law
2    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
3    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
4        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
5    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
6    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
7    Prevention Review Team Act.
8        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
9    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
10    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
11    authorized under that Article.
12        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
13    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
14    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the Capital
15    Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall apply
16    until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even if the
17    prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty prior
18    to trial or sentencing.
19        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
20    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
21    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
22        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
23    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
24    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
25    Regional Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of
26    the Regional Transportation Authority Act or the St. Clair

 

 

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1    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
2    Act.
3        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
4    Personnel Record Records Review Act.
5        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
6    Illinois School Student Records Act.
7        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
8    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
9        (t) All identified or deidentified health information
10    in the form of health data or medical records contained in,
11    stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released from
12    the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and identified
13    or deidentified health information in the form of health
14    data and medical records of the Illinois Health Information
15    Exchange in the possession of the Illinois Health
16    Information Exchange Authority due to its administration
17    of the Illinois Health Information Exchange. The terms
18    "identified" and "deidentified" shall be given the same
19    meaning as in the Health Insurance Portability and
20    Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, or any
21    subsequent amendments thereto, and any regulations
22    promulgated thereunder.
23        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
24    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
25    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
26        (v) Names and information of people who have applied

 

 

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1    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
2    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
3    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
4    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
5    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
6    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed Carry
7    Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed Carry
8    Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
9    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
10        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
11    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
12    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
13        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
14    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
15    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
16        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
17    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
18    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
19    information about the identity and administrative finding
20    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
21    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of an
22    eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
23    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
24        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
25    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
26    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services

 

 

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1    Act.
2        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
3    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
4        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
5    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
6        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
7    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
8    authorized under that Act.
9        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
10    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
11    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
12        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
13    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
14        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
15    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
16        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
17    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
18    Code.
19        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
20    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
21        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
22    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
23    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
24        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
25    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day and
26    temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from

 

 

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1    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
2    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
3        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
4    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
5        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
6    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
7    Aid Code.
8        (mm) (ll) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
9    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
10        (nn) (ll) Information that is exempt from disclosure
11    under Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance
12    Act.
13        (oo) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
14    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
15    Human Rights Act.
16(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-298, eff. 8-6-15; 99-352,
17eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-776, eff. 8-12-16;
1899-863, eff. 8-19-16; 100-20, eff. 7-1-17; 100-22, eff. 1-1-18;
19100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 100-373, eff. 1-1-18; 100-464, eff.
208-28-17; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 100-512, eff. 7-1-18; 100-517,
21eff. 6-1-18; 100-646, eff. 7-27-18; 100-690, eff. 1-1-19;
22100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-887, eff. 8-14-18; revised
2310-12-18.)
 
24    Section 2-10. The Uniform Arbitration Act is amended by
25changing Section 1 as follows:
 

 

 

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1    (710 ILCS 5/1)  (from Ch. 10, par. 101)
2    Sec. 1. Validity of arbitration agreement. A written
3agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration or
4a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration any
5controversy thereafter arising between the parties is valid,
6enforceable and irrevocable save upon such grounds as exist for
7the revocation of any contract, except: (1) as provided in the
8Workplace Transparency Act; and (2) that any agreement between
9a patient and a hospital or health care provider to submit to
10binding arbitration a claim for damages arising out of (i) (1)
11injuries alleged to have been received by a patient, or (ii)
12(2) death of a patient, due to hospital or health care provider
13negligence or other wrongful act, but not including intentional
14torts, is also subject to the Health Care Arbitration Act.
15(Source: P.A. 80-1012; 80-1031.)
 
16    Section 2-15. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
17changing Sections 1-103, 2-101, 2-102, and 6-102 and by adding
18Sections 2-108, 7-114, and 8-109.1 as follows:
 
19    (775 ILCS 5/1-103)  (from Ch. 68, par. 1-103)
20    Sec. 1-103. General definitions. When used in this Act,
21unless the context requires otherwise, the term:
22    (A) Age. "Age" means the chronological age of a person who
23is at least 40 years old, except with regard to any practice

 

 

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1described in Section 2-102, insofar as that practice concerns
2training or apprenticeship programs. In the case of training or
3apprenticeship programs, for the purposes of Section 2-102,
4"age" means the chronological age of a person who is 18 but not
5yet 40 years old.
6    (B) Aggrieved party. "Aggrieved party" means a person who
7is alleged or proved to have been injured by a civil rights
8violation or believes he or she will be injured by a civil
9rights violation under Article 3 that is about to occur.
10    (C) Charge. "Charge" means an allegation filed with the
11Department by an aggrieved party or initiated by the Department
12under its authority.
13    (D) Civil rights violation. "Civil rights violation"
14includes and shall be limited to only those specific acts set
15forth in Sections 2-102, 2-103, 2-105, 3-102, 3-102.1, 3-103,
163-104, 3-104.1, 3-105, 3-105.1, 4-102, 4-103, 5-102, 5A-102,
176-101, and 6-102 of this Act.
18    (E) Commission. "Commission" means the Human Rights
19Commission created by this Act.
20    (F) Complaint. "Complaint" means the formal pleading filed
21by the Department with the Commission following an
22investigation and finding of substantial evidence of a civil
23rights violation.
24    (G) Complainant. "Complainant" means a person including
25the Department who files a charge of civil rights violation
26with the Department or the Commission.

 

 

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1    (H) Department. "Department" means the Department of Human
2Rights created by this Act.
3    (I) Disability. "Disability" means a determinable physical
4or mental characteristic of a person, including, but not
5limited to, a determinable physical characteristic which
6necessitates the person's use of a guide, hearing or support
7dog, the history of such characteristic, or the perception of
8such characteristic by the person complained against, which may
9result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth or
10functional disorder and which characteristic:
11        (1) For purposes of Article 2, is unrelated to the
12    person's ability to perform the duties of a particular job
13    or position and, pursuant to Section 2-104 of this Act, a
14    person's illegal use of drugs or alcohol is not a
15    disability;
16        (2) For purposes of Article 3, is unrelated to the
17    person's ability to acquire, rent, or maintain a housing
18    accommodation;
19        (3) For purposes of Article 4, is unrelated to a
20    person's ability to repay;
21        (4) For purposes of Article 5, is unrelated to a
22    person's ability to utilize and benefit from a place of
23    public accommodation;
24        (5) For purposes of Article 5, also includes any
25    mental, psychological, or developmental disability,
26    including autism spectrum disorders.

 

 

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1    (J) Marital status. "Marital status" means the legal status
2of being married, single, separated, divorced, or widowed.
3    (J-1) Military status. "Military status" means a person's
4status on active duty in or status as a veteran of the armed
5forces of the United States, status as a current member or
6veteran of any reserve component of the armed forces of the
7United States, including the United States Army Reserve, United
8States Marine Corps Reserve, United States Navy Reserve, United
9States Air Force Reserve, and United States Coast Guard
10Reserve, or status as a current member or veteran of the
11Illinois Army National Guard or Illinois Air National Guard.
12    (K) National origin. "National origin" means the place in
13which a person or one of his or her ancestors was born.
14    (K-5) "Order of protection status" means a person's status
15as being a person protected under an order of protection issued
16pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, Article
17112A of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Stalking No
18Contact Order Act, or the Civil No Contact Order Act, or an
19order of protection issued by a court of another state.
20    (L) Person. "Person" includes one or more individuals,
21partnerships, associations or organizations, labor
22organizations, labor unions, joint apprenticeship committees,
23or union labor associations, corporations, the State of
24Illinois and its instrumentalities, political subdivisions,
25units of local government, legal representatives, trustees in
26bankruptcy or receivers.

 

 

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1    (L-5) Pregnancy. "Pregnancy" means pregnancy, childbirth,
2or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or
3childbirth.
4    (M) Public contract. "Public contract" includes every
5contract to which the State, any of its political subdivisions,
6or any municipal corporation is a party.
7    (N) Religion. "Religion" includes all aspects of religious
8observance and practice, as well as belief, except that with
9respect to employers, for the purposes of Article 2, "religion"
10has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (F) of Section
112-101.
12    (O) Sex. "Sex" means the status of being male or female.
13    (O-1) Sexual orientation. "Sexual orientation" means
14actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality,
15bisexuality, or gender-related identity, whether or not
16traditionally associated with the person's designated sex at
17birth. "Sexual orientation" does not include a physical or
18sexual attraction to a minor by an adult.
19    (P) Unfavorable military discharge. "Unfavorable military
20discharge" includes discharges from the Armed Forces of the
21United States, their Reserve components, or any National Guard
22or Naval Militia which are classified as RE-3 or the equivalent
23thereof, but does not include those characterized as RE-4 or
24"Dishonorable".
25    (Q) Unlawful discrimination. "Unlawful discrimination"
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1actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin,
2ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status,
3disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or
4unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms are
5defined in this Section.
6(Source: P.A. 100-714, eff. 1-1-19; revised 10-4-18.)
 
7    (775 ILCS 5/2-101)  (from Ch. 68, par. 2-101)
8    Sec. 2-101. Definitions. The following definitions are
9applicable strictly in the context of this Article.
10    (A) Employee.
11        (1) "Employee" includes:
12            (a) Any individual performing services for
13        remuneration within this State for an employer;
14            (b) An apprentice;
15            (c) An applicant for any apprenticeship.
16        For purposes of subsection (D) of Section 2-102 of this
17    Act, "employee" also includes an unpaid intern. An unpaid
18    intern is a person who performs work for an employer under
19    the following circumstances:
20            (i) the employer is not committed to hiring the
21        person performing the work at the conclusion of the
22        intern's tenure;
23            (ii) the employer and the person performing the
24        work agree that the person is not entitled to wages for
25        the work performed; and

 

 

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1            (iii) the work performed:
2                (I) supplements training given in an
3            educational environment that may enhance the
4            employability of the intern;
5                (II) provides experience for the benefit of
6            the person performing the work;
7                (III) does not displace regular employees;
8                (IV) is performed under the close supervision
9            of existing staff; and
10                (V) provides no immediate advantage to the
11            employer providing the training and may
12            occasionally impede the operations of the
13            employer.
14        (2) "Employee" does not include:
15            (a) (Blank);
16            (b) Individuals employed by persons who are not
17        "employers" as defined by this Act;
18            (c) Elected public officials or the members of
19        their immediate personal staffs;
20            (d) Principal administrative officers of the State
21        or of any political subdivision, municipal corporation
22        or other governmental unit or agency;
23            (e) A person in a vocational rehabilitation
24        facility certified under federal law who has been
25        designated an evaluee, trainee, or work activity
26        client.

 

 

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1    (B) Employer.
2        (1) "Employer" includes:
3            (a) Any person employing 15 or more employees
4        within Illinois during 20 or more calendar weeks within
5        the calendar year of or preceding the alleged
6        violation;
7            (b) Any person employing one or more employees when
8        a complainant alleges civil rights violation due to
9        unlawful discrimination based upon his or her physical
10        or mental disability unrelated to ability, pregnancy,
11        or sexual harassment;
12            (c) The State and any political subdivision,
13        municipal corporation or other governmental unit or
14        agency, without regard to the number of employees;
15            (d) Any party to a public contract without regard
16        to the number of employees;
17            (e) A joint apprenticeship or training committee
18        without regard to the number of employees.
19        (2) "Employer" does not include any religious
20    corporation, association, educational institution,
21    society, or non-profit nursing institution conducted by
22    and for those who rely upon treatment by prayer through
23    spiritual means in accordance with the tenets of a
24    recognized church or religious denomination with respect
25    to the employment of individuals of a particular religion
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1    corporation, association, educational institution, society
2    or non-profit nursing institution of its activities.
3    (C) Employment Agency. "Employment Agency" includes both
4public and private employment agencies and any person, labor
5organization, or labor union having a hiring hall or hiring
6office regularly undertaking, with or without compensation, to
7procure opportunities to work, or to procure, recruit, refer or
8place employees.
9    (D) Labor Organization. "Labor Organization" includes any
10organization, labor union, craft union, or any voluntary
11unincorporated association designed to further the cause of the
12rights of union labor which is constituted for the purpose, in
13whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with
14employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of
15employment, or apprenticeships or applications for
16apprenticeships, or of other mutual aid or protection in
17connection with employment, including apprenticeships or
18applications for apprenticeships.
19    (E) Sexual Harassment. "Sexual harassment" means any
20unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any
21conduct of a sexual nature when (1) submission to such conduct
22is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of
23an individual's employment, (2) submission to or rejection of
24such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for
25employment decisions affecting such individual, or (3) such
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1with an individual's work performance or creating an
2intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
3    For purposes of this definition, the phrase "working
4environment" is not limited to a physical location an employee
5is assigned to perform his or her duties.
6    (F) Religion. "Religion" with respect to employers
7includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as
8well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that he is
9unable to reasonably accommodate an employee's or prospective
10employee's religious observance or practice without undue
11hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.
12    (G) Public Employer. "Public employer" means the State, an
13agency or department thereof, unit of local government, school
14district, instrumentality or political subdivision.
15    (H) Public Employee. "Public employee" means an employee of
16the State, agency or department thereof, unit of local
17government, school district, instrumentality or political
18subdivision. "Public employee" does not include public
19officers or employees of the General Assembly or agencies
20thereof.
21    (I) Public Officer. "Public officer" means a person who is
22elected to office pursuant to the Constitution or a statute or
23ordinance, or who is appointed to an office which is
24established, and the qualifications and duties of which are
25prescribed, by the Constitution or a statute or ordinance, to
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1thereof, unit of local government, school district,
2instrumentality or political subdivision.
3    (J) Eligible Bidder. "Eligible bidder" means a person who,
4prior to contract award or prior to bid opening for State
5contracts for construction or construction-related services,
6has filed with the Department a properly completed, sworn and
7currently valid employer report form, pursuant to the
8Department's regulations. The provisions of this Article
9relating to eligible bidders apply only to bids on contracts
10with the State and its departments, agencies, boards, and
11commissions, and the provisions do not apply to bids on
12contracts with units of local government or school districts.
13    (K) Citizenship Status. "Citizenship status" means the
14status of being:
15        (1) a born U.S. citizen;
16        (2) a naturalized U.S. citizen;
17        (3) a U.S. national; or
18        (4) a person born outside the United States and not a
19    U.S. citizen who is not an unauthorized alien and who is
20    protected from discrimination under the provisions of
21    Section 1324b of Title 8 of the United States Code, as now
22    or hereafter amended.
23(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-758, eff. 1-1-17; 100-43,
24eff. 8-9-17.)
 
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1    Sec. 2-102. Civil rights violations - employment. It is a
2civil rights violation:
3        (A) Employers. For any employer to refuse to hire, to
4    segregate, to engage in harassment, or to act with respect
5    to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment,
6    selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge,
7    discipline, tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of
8    employment on the basis of unlawful discrimination or
9    citizenship status. However, an employer is responsible
10    for harassment by the employer's nonmanagerial and
11    nonsupervisory employees only if the employer becomes
12    aware of the conduct and fails to take corrective measures.
13    For the purpose of this subdivision (A), the phrase "to
14    engage in harassment" includes verbal or physical conduct
15    and any other conduct that has the purpose or effect of
16    substantially interfering with an individual's work
17    performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or
18    offensive working environment on the basis of unlawful
19    discrimination or citizenship status.
20        (A-5) Language. For an employer to impose a restriction
21    that has the effect of prohibiting a language from being
22    spoken by an employee in communications that are unrelated
23    to the employee's duties.
24        For the purposes of this subdivision (A-5), "language"
25    means a person's native tongue, such as Polish, Spanish, or
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1    jargon, profanity, or vulgarity.
2        (A-10) Harassment of nonemployees. For any employer,
3    employment agency, or labor organization to engage in
4    harassment of nonemployees in the workplace, including
5    verbal or physical conduct or any other conduct that has
6    the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an
7    individual's work performance or creating an intimidating,
8    hostile, or offensive working environment on the basis of
9    unlawful discrimination or citizenship status. However, an
10    employer is responsible for harassment of nonemployees by
11    the employer's nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees
12    only if the employer becomes aware of the conduct and fails
13    to take reasonable corrective measures. For purposes of
14    this subdivision (A-10), "nonemployees" include
15    contractors, subcontractors, vendors, consultants, or
16    other persons performing work pursuant to a contract.
17        (B) Employment agency. For any employment agency to
18    fail or refuse to classify properly, accept applications
19    and register for employment referral or apprenticeship
20    referral, refer for employment, or refer for
21    apprenticeship on the basis of unlawful discrimination or
22    citizenship status or to accept from any person any job
23    order, requisition or request for referral of applicants
24    for employment or apprenticeship which makes or has the
25    effect of making unlawful discrimination or discrimination
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1        (C) Labor organization. For any labor organization to
2    limit, segregate or classify its membership, or to limit
3    employment opportunities, selection and training for
4    apprenticeship in any trade or craft, or otherwise to take,
5    or fail to take, any action which affects adversely any
6    person's status as an employee or as an applicant for
7    employment or as an apprentice, or as an applicant for
8    apprenticeships, or wages, tenure, hours of employment or
9    apprenticeship conditions on the basis of unlawful
10    discrimination or citizenship status.
11        (D) Sexual harassment. For any employer, employee,
12    agent of any employer, employment agency or labor
13    organization to engage in sexual harassment; provided,
14    that an employer shall be responsible for sexual harassment
15    of the employer's employees by nonemployees or
16    nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees only if the
17    employer becomes aware of the conduct and fails to take
18    reasonable corrective measures.
19        (D-5) Sexual harassment of nonemployees. For any
20    employer, employee, agent of any employer, employment
21    agency, or labor organization to engage in sexual
22    harassment of nonemployees in the workplace. However, an
23    employer is responsible for sexual harassment of
24    nonemployees by the employer's nonmanagerial and
25    nonsupervisory employees only if the employer becomes
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1    corrective measures. For purposes of this subdivision
2    (D-5), "nonemployees" include contractors, subcontractors,
3    vendors, consultants, or other persons performing work
4    pursuant to a contract.
5        (E) Public employers. For any public employer to refuse
6    to permit a public employee under its jurisdiction who
7    takes time off from work in order to practice his or her
8    religious beliefs to engage in work, during hours other
9    than such employee's regular working hours, consistent
10    with the operational needs of the employer and in order to
11    compensate for work time lost for such religious reasons.
12    Any employee who elects such deferred work shall be
13    compensated at the wage rate which he or she would have
14    earned during the originally scheduled work period. The
15    employer may require that an employee who plans to take
16    time off from work in order to practice his or her
17    religious beliefs provide the employer with a notice of his
18    or her intention to be absent from work not exceeding 5
19    days prior to the date of absence.
20        (E-5) Religious discrimination. For any employer to
21    impose upon a person as a condition of obtaining or
22    retaining employment, including opportunities for
23    promotion, advancement, or transfer, any terms or
24    conditions that would require such person to violate or
25    forgo a sincerely held practice of his or her religion
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1    clothing, or facial hair in accordance with the
2    requirements of his or her religion, unless, after engaging
3    in a bona fide effort, the employer demonstrates that it is
4    unable to reasonably accommodate the employee's or
5    prospective employee's sincerely held religious belief,
6    practice, or observance without undue hardship on the
7    conduct of the employer's business.
8        Nothing in this Section prohibits an employer from
9    enacting a dress code or grooming policy that may include
10    restrictions on attire, clothing, or facial hair to
11    maintain workplace safety or food sanitation.
12        (F) Training and apprenticeship programs. For any
13    employer, employment agency or labor organization to
14    discriminate against a person on the basis of age in the
15    selection, referral for or conduct of apprenticeship or
16    training programs.
17        (G) Immigration-related practices.
18            (1) for an employer to request for purposes of
19        satisfying the requirements of Section 1324a(b) of
20        Title 8 of the United States Code, as now or hereafter
21        amended, more or different documents than are required
22        under such Section or to refuse to honor documents
23        tendered that on their face reasonably appear to be
24        genuine; or
25            (2) for an employer participating in the E-Verify
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1        Programs for Employment Eligibility Confirmation
2        (enacted by PL 104-208, div. C title IV, subtitle A) to
3        refuse to hire, to segregate, or to act with respect to
4        recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment,
5        selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge,
6        discipline, tenure or terms, privileges or conditions
7        of employment without following the procedures under
8        the E-Verify Program.
9        (H) (Blank).
10        (I) Pregnancy. For an employer to refuse to hire, to
11    segregate, or to act with respect to recruitment, hiring,
12    promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training
13    or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure or terms,
14    privileges or conditions of employment on the basis of
15    pregnancy, childbirth, or medical or common conditions
16    related to pregnancy or childbirth. Women affected by
17    pregnancy, childbirth, or medical or common conditions
18    related to pregnancy or childbirth shall be treated the
19    same for all employment-related purposes, including
20    receipt of benefits under fringe benefit programs, as other
21    persons not so affected but similar in their ability or
22    inability to work, regardless of the source of the
23    inability to work or employment classification or status.
24        (J) Pregnancy; reasonable accommodations.
25            (1) If after a job applicant or employee, including
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1        requests a reasonable accommodation, for an employer
2        to not make reasonable accommodations for any medical
3        or common condition of a job applicant or employee
4        related to pregnancy or childbirth, unless the
5        employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would
6        impose an undue hardship on the ordinary operation of
7        the business of the employer. The employer may request
8        documentation from the employee's health care provider
9        concerning the need for the requested reasonable
10        accommodation or accommodations to the same extent
11        documentation is requested for conditions related to
12        disability if the employer's request for documentation
13        is job-related and consistent with business necessity.
14        The employer may require only the medical
15        justification for the requested accommodation or
16        accommodations, a description of the reasonable
17        accommodation or accommodations medically advisable,
18        the date the reasonable accommodation or
19        accommodations became medically advisable, and the
20        probable duration of the reasonable accommodation or
21        accommodations. It is the duty of the individual
22        seeking a reasonable accommodation or accommodations
23        to submit to the employer any documentation that is
24        requested in accordance with this paragraph.
25        Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the
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1        health care provider to determine compliance with
2        other laws. The employee and employer shall engage in a
3        timely, good faith, and meaningful exchange to
4        determine effective reasonable accommodations.
5            (2) For an employer to deny employment
6        opportunities or benefits to or take adverse action
7        against an otherwise qualified job applicant or
8        employee, including a part-time, full-time, or
9        probationary employee, if the denial or adverse action
10        is based on the need of the employer to make reasonable
11        accommodations to the known medical or common
12        conditions related to the pregnancy or childbirth of
13        the applicant or employee.
14            (3) For an employer to require a job applicant or
15        employee, including a part-time, full-time, or
16        probationary employee, affected by pregnancy,
17        childbirth, or medical or common conditions related to
18        pregnancy or childbirth to accept an accommodation
19        when the applicant or employee did not request an
20        accommodation and the applicant or employee chooses
21        not to accept the employer's accommodation.
22            (4) For an employer to require an employee,
23        including a part-time, full-time, or probationary
24        employee, to take leave under any leave law or policy
25        of the employer if another reasonable accommodation
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1        conditions related to the pregnancy or childbirth of an
2        employee. No employer shall fail or refuse to reinstate
3        the employee affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or
4        medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or
5        childbirth to her original job or to an equivalent
6        position with equivalent pay and accumulated
7        seniority, retirement, fringe benefits, and other
8        applicable service credits upon her signifying her
9        intent to return or when her need for reasonable
10        accommodation ceases, unless the employer can
11        demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an
12        undue hardship on the ordinary operation of the
13        business of the employer.
14        For the purposes of this subdivision (J), "reasonable
15    accommodations" means reasonable modifications or
16    adjustments to the job application process or work
17    environment, or to the manner or circumstances under which
18    the position desired or held is customarily performed, that
19    enable an applicant or employee affected by pregnancy,
20    childbirth, or medical or common conditions related to
21    pregnancy or childbirth to be considered for the position
22    the applicant desires or to perform the essential functions
23    of that position, and may include, but is not limited to:
24    more frequent or longer bathroom breaks, breaks for
25    increased water intake, and breaks for periodic rest;
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1    breastfeeding; seating; assistance with manual labor;
2    light duty; temporary transfer to a less strenuous or
3    hazardous position; the provision of an accessible
4    worksite; acquisition or modification of equipment; job
5    restructuring; a part-time or modified work schedule;
6    appropriate adjustment or modifications of examinations,
7    training materials, or policies; reassignment to a vacant
8    position; time off to recover from conditions related to
9    childbirth; and leave necessitated by pregnancy,
10    childbirth, or medical or common conditions resulting from
11    pregnancy or childbirth.
12        For the purposes of this subdivision (J), "undue
13    hardship" means an action that is prohibitively expensive
14    or disruptive when considered in light of the following
15    factors: (i) the nature and cost of the accommodation
16    needed; (ii) the overall financial resources of the
17    facility or facilities involved in the provision of the
18    reasonable accommodation, the number of persons employed
19    at the facility, the effect on expenses and resources, or
20    the impact otherwise of the accommodation upon the
21    operation of the facility; (iii) the overall financial
22    resources of the employer, the overall size of the business
23    of the employer with respect to the number of its
24    employees, and the number, type, and location of its
25    facilities; and (iv) the type of operation or operations of
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1    functions of the workforce of the employer, the geographic
2    separateness, administrative, or fiscal relationship of
3    the facility or facilities in question to the employer. The
4    employer has the burden of proving undue hardship. The fact
5    that the employer provides or would be required to provide
6    a similar accommodation to similarly situated employees
7    creates a rebuttable presumption that the accommodation
8    does not impose an undue hardship on the employer.
9        No employer is required by this subdivision (J) to
10    create additional employment that the employer would not
11    otherwise have created, unless the employer does so or
12    would do so for other classes of employees who need
13    accommodation. The employer is not required to discharge
14    any employee, transfer any employee with more seniority, or
15    promote any employee who is not qualified to perform the
16    job, unless the employer does so or would do so to
17    accommodate other classes of employees who need it.
18        (K) Notice.
19            (1) For an employer to fail to post or keep posted
20        in a conspicuous location on the premises of the
21        employer where notices to employees are customarily
22        posted, or fail to include in any employee handbook
23        information concerning an employee's rights under this
24        Article, a notice, to be prepared or approved by the
25        Department, summarizing the requirements of this
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1        charge, including the right to be free from unlawful
2        discrimination, the right to be free from sexual
3        harassment, and the right to certain reasonable
4        accommodations. The Department shall make the
5        documents required under this paragraph available for
6        retrieval from the Department's website.
7            (2) Upon notification of a violation of paragraph
8        (1) of this subdivision (K), the Department may launch
9        a preliminary investigation. If the Department finds a
10        violation, the Department may issue a notice to show
11        cause giving the employer 30 days to correct the
12        violation. If the violation is not corrected, the
13        Department may initiate a charge of a civil rights
14        violation.
15(Source: P.A. 100-100, eff. 8-11-17; 100-588, eff. 6-8-18.)
 
16    (775 ILCS 5/2-108 new)
17    Sec. 2-108. Employer disclosure requirements.
18    (A) Definitions. The following definitions are applicable
19strictly to this Section:
20        (1) "Employer" includes:
21            (a) any party to a public contract without regard
22        to the number of employees who, during the year
23        preceding the reporting period required under
24        subsection (B), has entered into a settlement as
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1        judgment or administrative ruling entered against the
2        party as defined by paragraph (3);
3            (b) any person employing one or more employees
4        within this State during the 20 or more calendar weeks
5        within the preceding calendar year who, during the year
6        preceding the reporting period required under
7        subsection (B), has entered into a settlement as
8        defined by subsection paragraph (2) or who has had an
9        adverse judgment or administrative ruling entered
10        against him or her as defined by paragraph (3);
11            (c) a labor organization, as defined in Section
12        2-101, that, during the year preceding the reporting
13        period required under subsection (B), has entered into
14        a settlement as defined by paragraph (2) or that has
15        had an adverse judgment or administrative ruling
16        entered against it as defined by paragraph (3); and
17            (d) the State and any political subdivision,
18        municipal corporation, or other governmental unit or
19        agency, without regard to the number of employees that,
20        during the year preceding the reporting period
21        required under subsection (B), has entered into a
22        settlement as defined by paragraph (2) or that has had
23        an adverse judgment or administrative ruling entered
24        against it as defined by paragraph (3).
25        (2) "Settlement" means any written commitment or
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1    decree, agreement to settle, assurance of discontinuance,
2    or otherwise between an employee, as defined by subsection
3    (A), and an employer under which the employer directly or
4    indirectly provides to an individual compensation or other
5    consideration due to an allegation that the individual has
6    been a victim of sexual harassment or unlawful
7    discrimination under this Act.
8        (3) "Adverse judgment or administrative ruling" means
9    any final adverse judgment or final administrative ruling
10    entered in favor of an employee as defined by subsection
11    (A) and against the employer during the preceding year
12    based on claims of sexual harassment or unlawful
13    discrimination brought under this Act, Title VII of the
14    Civil Rights Act of 1964, or any other federal, State, or
15    local law prohibiting sexual harassment or unlawful
16    discrimination.
17    (B) Required disclosures. Beginning July 1, 2020, each
18employer under this Section shall disclose annually to the
19Department of Human Rights the following information:
20        (1) the total number of settlements entered into during
21    the preceding year by the employer or a corporate executive
22    of the employer that relate to any alleged act of sexual
23    harassment or unlawful discrimination that:
24            (a) occurred in the workplace of the employer; or
25            (b) involved the behavior of an employee of the
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1        without regard to whether that behavior occurred in the
2        workplace of the employer;
3        (2) how many settlements described in paragraph (1) are
4    in each of the following categories:
5            (a) sexual harassment or discrimination on the
6        basis of sex;
7            (b) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
8        race, color, or national origin;
9            (c) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
10        religion;
11            (d) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
12        age;
13            (e) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
14        disability;
15            (f) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
16        military status or unfavorable discharge from military
17        status;
18            (g) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
19        sexual orientation or gender identity; and
20            (h) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
21        any other characteristic protected under this Act;
22        (3) the total number of adverse judgments or
23    administrative rulings during the preceding year;
24        (4) whether any equitable relief was ordered against
25    the employer in any adverse judgment or administrative
26    ruling described in paragraph (3);

 

 

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1        (5) how many adverse judgments or administrative
2    rulings described in paragraph (3) are in each of the
3    following categories:
4            (a) sexual harassment or discrimination on the
5        basis of sex;
6            (b) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
7        race, color, or national origin;
8            (c) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
9        religion;
10            (d) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
11        age;
12            (e) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
13        disability;
14            (f) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
15        military status or unfavorable discharge from military
16        status;
17            (g) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
18        sexual orientation or gender identity; and
19            (h) discrimination or harassment on the basis of
20        any other characteristic protected under this Act;
21    (C) Prohibited disclosures. An employer may not disclose
22the name of a victim of an act of alleged sexual harassment or
23unlawful discrimination in any disclosures required under this
24Section.
25    (D) Annual report. The Department shall publish an annual
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1this Section such that no individual employer data is available
2to the public. The report shall include:
3        (1) the number of settlements entered into during the
4    preceding calendar year based on each of the protected
5    classes identified by this Act; and
6        (2) the number of adverse judgments or administrative
7    rulings filed during the preceding calendar year based on
8    each of the protected classes identified by this Act.
9    The report shall be filed with the General Assembly and
10made available to the public by December 31 of each reporting
11year. Data submitted by an employer to comply with this Section
12is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.
13    (E) Pattern and practice violations. The Department may
14open a preliminary investigation if the information disclosed
15under this Section identifies an employer or a corporate
16executive of the employer who may have engaged in a pattern and
17practice of unlawful discrimination under this Act. If a
18pattern and practice of unlawful discrimination is found, the
19Department shall initiate a charge of a civil rights violation.
20    (F) Failure to report and penalties. If an employer fails
21to make any disclosures required under this Section, the
22Department shall issue a notice to show cause giving the
23employer 30 days to disclose the required information. If the
24employer does not make the required disclosures within 30 days,
25the Department shall the petition the Illinois Human Rights
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1against the employer pursuant to Section 8-109.1. The civil
2penalty shall be paid into the Department of Human Rights'
3Training and Development Fund.
4    (G) Rules. The Department shall adopt any rules it deems
5necessary for implementation of this Section.
 
6    (775 ILCS 5/6-102)
7    Sec. 6-102. Violations of other Acts. A person who violates
8the Section 11-117-12.2 of the Illinois Municipal Code, Section
9224.05 of the Illinois Insurance Code, Section 8-201.5 of the
10Public Utilities Act, Sections 2-1401.1, 9-107.10, 9-107.11,
11and 15-1501.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, Section 4.05 of
12the Interest Act, the Military Personnel Cellular Phone
13Contract Termination Act, Section 405-272 of the Civil
14Administrative Code of Illinois, Section 10-63 of the Illinois
15Administrative Procedure Act, Sections 30.25 and 30.30 of the
16Military Code of Illinois, Section 16 of the Landlord and
17Tenant Act, Section 26.5 of the Retail Installment Sales Act,
18or Section 37 of the Motor Vehicle Leasing Act, or the
19Workplace Transparency Act commits a civil rights violation
20within the meaning of this Act.
21(Source: P.A. 100-1101, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
22    (775 ILCS 5/7-114 new)
23    Sec. 7-114. Sexual harassment prevention training.
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1Opportunity Commission estimates that 25% to 85% of working
2women have experienced sexual harassment on the job.
3Organizational tolerance of sexual harassment has a
4detrimental influence in workplaces by creating a hostile
5environment for women, reducing productivity, and increasing
6legal liability. It is the General Assembly's intent to
7encourage employers to adopt and actively implement policies to
8ensure their workplaces are safe for women to report concerns
9about sexual harassment without fear of retaliation, loss of
10status, or loss of promotional opportunities.
11    (B) The Department shall produce a model sexual harassment
12prevention training program aimed at the prevention of sexual
13harassment in the workplace. The model program shall be made
14available to employers at no cost. This model program shall be
15interactive and, at a minimum, include the following:
16        (1) an explanation of sexual harassment consistent
17    with this Act;
18        (2) examples of conduct that constitutes unlawful
19    sexual harassment;
20        (3) an explanation of harassment based on sex
21    consistent with this Act;
22        (4) examples of conduct that constitute unlawful
23    harassment based on sex;
24        (5) a summary of federal and State statutory provisions
25    concerning harassment based on sex, sexual harassment, and
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1    harassment based on sex;
2        (6) a summary of employees' rights and available
3    remedies and forums to adjudicate complaints;
4        (7) examples of appropriate and inappropriate conduct
5    by supervisors; and
6        (8) a summary of responsibilities of employers in the
7    prevention, investigation, and adjudication of sexual
8    harassment.
9    (C) Every employer shall use the model sexual harassment
10prevention training program under this Section or establish a
11training program for employees and supervisors to prevent
12sexual harassment that equals or exceeds the minimum standards
13provided by the model training. The sexual harassment
14prevention training shall be provided to all employees on an
15annual basis.
16    (D) Failure to train and penalties. If an employer violates
17this Section, the Department shall issue a notice to show cause
18giving the employer 30 days to comply. If the employer does not
19comply within 30 days, the Department shall petition the Human
20Rights Commission for entry of an order imposing a civil
21penalty against the employer pursuant to Section 8-109.1. The
22civil penalty shall be paid into the Department of Human
23Rights' Training and Development Fund.
 
24    (775 ILCS 5/8-109.1 new)
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1to train.
2    (A) A hearing officer may recommend the Commission or any
33-member panel thereof may:
4        (1) Failure to Report. In the case of an employer who
5    fails to make any disclosures required under Section 2-108,
6    order that a civil penalty be imposed pursuant to
7    subsection (B).
8        (2) Failure to Train. In the case of an employer who
9    fails to comply with the sexual harassment prevention
10    training requirements under Section 2-114, order that a
11    civil penalty be imposed pursuant to subsection (B).
12    (B) Civil Penalty. An employer who violates Section 2-108
13or 2-114 is subjected to a civil penalty as follows:
14        (1) For an employer with fewer than 4 employees: a
15    penalty not to exceed $500 for a first offense; a penalty
16    not to exceed $1,000 for a second offense; a penalty not to
17    exceed $3,000 for a third or subsequent offense.
18        (2) For an employer with 4 or more employees: a penalty
19    not to exceed $1,000 for a first offense; a penalty not to
20    exceed $3,000 for a second offense; a penalty not to exceed
21    $5,000 for a third or subsequent offense.
22    (C) The appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the
23employer charged, the good faith efforts made by the employer
24to comply, and the gravity of the violation shall be considered
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1    Section 2-20. The Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act
2is amended by changing Sections 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 45 as
3follows:
 
4    (820 ILCS 180/10)
5    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, except as otherwise
6expressly provided:
7        (1) "Commerce" includes trade, traffic, commerce,
8    transportation, or communication; and "industry or
9    activity affecting commerce" means any activity, business,
10    or industry in commerce or in which a labor dispute would
11    hinder or obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce,
12    and includes "commerce" and any "industry affecting
13    commerce".
14        (2) "Course of conduct" means a course of repeatedly
15    maintaining a visual or physical proximity to a person or
16    conveying oral or written threats, including threats
17    conveyed through electronic communications, or threats
18    implied by conduct.
19        (3) "Department" means the Department of Labor.
20        (4) "Director" means the Director of Labor.
21        (5) "Domestic or sexual violence" means domestic
22    violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
23        (6) "Domestic violence" means abuse, as defined in
24    Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986,
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1    of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
2        (7) "Electronic communications" includes
3    communications via telephone, mobile phone, computer,
4    e-mail, video recorder, fax machine, telex, or pager,
5    online platform (including, but not limited to, any
6    public-facing website, web application, digital
7    application, or social network), or any other electronic
8    communication, as defined in Section 12-7.5 of the Criminal
9    Code of 2012.
10        (8) "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.
11        (9) Employee.
12            (A) In general. "Employee" means any person
13        employed by an employer.
14            (B) Basis. "Employee" includes a person employed
15        as described in subparagraph (A) on a full or part-time
16        basis, or as a participant in a work assignment as a
17        condition of receipt of federal or State income-based
18        public assistance.
19        (10) "Employer" means any of the following: (A) the
20    State or any agency of the State; (B) any unit of local
21    government or school district; or (C) any person that
22    employs at least one employee.
23        (11) "Employment benefits" means all benefits provided
24    or made available to employees by an employer, including
25    group life insurance, health insurance, disability
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1    pensions, and profit-sharing, regardless of whether such
2    benefits are provided by a practice or written policy of an
3    employer or through an "employee benefit plan". "Employee
4    benefit plan" or "plan" means an employee welfare benefit
5    plan or an employee pension benefit plan or a plan which is
6    both an employee welfare benefit plan and an employee
7    pension benefit plan.
8        (12) "Family or household member", for employees with a
9    family or household member who is a victim of domestic
10    violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual
11    violence, means a spouse, parent, son, daughter, other
12    person related by blood or by present or prior marriage,
13    other person who shares a relationship through a son or
14    daughter, and persons jointly residing in the same
15    household.
16        (13) "Parent" means the biological parent of an
17    employee or an individual who stood in loco parentis to an
18    employee when the employee was a son or daughter. "Son or
19    daughter" means a biological, adopted, or foster child, a
20    stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in
21    loco parentis, who is under 18 years of age, or is 18 years
22    of age or older and incapable of self-care because of a
23    mental or physical disability.
24        (14) "Perpetrator" means an individual who commits or
25    is alleged to have committed any act or threat of domestic
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1    violence.
2        (15) "Person" means an individual, partnership,
3    association, corporation, business trust, legal
4    representative, or any organized group of persons.
5        (16) "Public agency" means the Government of the State
6    or political subdivision thereof; any agency of the State,
7    or of a political subdivision of the State; or any
8    governmental agency.
9        (17) "Public assistance" includes cash, food stamps,
10    medical assistance, housing assistance, and other benefits
11    provided on the basis of income by a public agency or
12    public employer.
13        (18) "Reduced work schedule" means a work schedule that
14    reduces the usual number of hours per workweek, or hours
15    per workday, of an employee.
16        (19) "Repeatedly" means on 2 or more occasions.
17        (20) "Sexual assault" means any conduct proscribed by:
18    (i) Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 2012 except Sections
19    11-35 and 11-45; (ii) Sections 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1,
20    12-15, and 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 2012; or (iii) a
21    similar provision of the Criminal Code of 1961 the Criminal
22    Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 in Sections
23    11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14,
24    12-14.1, 12-15, and 12-16.
25        (21) "Stalking" means any conduct proscribed by the
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1    Sections 12-7.3, 12-7.4, and 12-7.5.
2        (22) "Victim" or "survivor" means an individual who has
3    been subjected to domestic violence, sexual violence, or
4    sexual harassment or sexual violence.
5        (23) "Victim services organization" means a nonprofit,
6    nongovernmental organization that provides assistance to
7    victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual
8    harassment or sexual violence or to advocates for such
9    victims, including a rape crisis center, an organization
10    carrying out a domestic violence program, an organization
11    operating a shelter or providing counseling services, or a
12    legal services organization or other organization
13    providing assistance through the legal process.
14        (24) "Emotional distress" means significant mental
15    suffering, anxiety, or alarm.
16        (25) "Sexual harassment" means any harassment or
17    discrimination on the basis of an individual's actual or
18    perceived sex or gender, including unwelcome sexual
19    advances, requests for sexual favors, other verbal or
20    physical conduct of a sexual nature, or any other conduct
21    of a sexual nature directed at a specific person that would
22    cause the victim or survivor emotional distress.
23(Source: P.A. 99-765, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
24    (820 ILCS 180/15)
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1        (1) to promote the State's interest in reducing
2    domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sexual
3    harassment, and stalking by enabling victims of domestic
4    violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual
5    violence to maintain the financial independence necessary
6    to leave abusive situations, achieve safety, and minimize
7    the physical and emotional injuries from domestic
8    violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual
9    violence, and to reduce the devastating economic
10    consequences of domestic violence, sexual violence, or
11    sexual harassment or sexual violence to employers and
12    employees;
13        (2) to address the failure of existing laws to protect
14    the employment rights of employees who are victims of
15    domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment
16    or sexual violence and employees with a family or household
17    member who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual
18    violence, or sexual harassment or sexual violence, by
19    protecting the civil and economic rights of those
20    employees, and by furthering the equal opportunity of women
21    for economic self-sufficiency and employment free from
22    discrimination;
23        (3) to accomplish the purposes described in paragraphs
24    (1) and (2) by (A) entitling employed victims of domestic
25    violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual
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1    who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or
2    sexual harassment or sexual violence to take unpaid leave
3    to seek medical help, legal assistance, counseling, safety
4    planning, and other assistance without penalty from their
5    employers for the employee or the family or household
6    member who is a victim; and (B) prohibiting employers from
7    discriminating against any employee who is a victim of
8    domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment
9    or sexual violence or any employee who has a family or
10    household member who is a victim of domestic violence,
11    sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual violence,
12    in a manner that accommodates the legitimate interests of
13    employers and protects the safety of all persons in the
14    workplace.
15(Source: P.A. 96-635, eff. 8-24-09.)
 
16    (820 ILCS 180/20)
17    Sec. 20. Entitlement to leave due to domestic violence,
18sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual violence.
19    (a) Leave requirement.
20        (1) Basis. An employee who is a victim of domestic
21    violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual
22    violence or an employee who has a family or household
23    member who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual
24    violence, or sexual harassment or sexual violence whose
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1    the domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual
2    harassment or sexual violence may take unpaid leave from
3    work if the employee or employee's family or household
4    member is experiencing an incident of domestic violence,
5    sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual violence or
6    to address domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual
7    harassment or sexual violence by:
8            (A) seeking medical attention for, or recovering
9        from, physical or psychological injuries caused by
10        domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual
11        harassment or sexual violence to the employee or the
12        employee's family or household member;
13            (B) obtaining services from a victim services
14        organization for the employee or the employee's family
15        or household member;
16            (C) obtaining psychological or other counseling
17        for the employee or the employee's family or household
18        member;
19            (D) participating in safety planning, temporarily
20        or permanently relocating, or taking other actions to
21        increase the safety of the employee or the employee's
22        family or household member from future domestic
23        violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or
24        sexual violence or ensure economic security; or
25            (E) seeking legal assistance or remedies to ensure
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1        family or household member, including preparing for or
2        participating in any civil or criminal legal
3        proceeding related to or derived from domestic
4        violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or
5        sexual violence.
6        (2) Period. Subject to subsection (c), an employee
7    working for an employer that employs at least 50 employees
8    shall be entitled to a total of 12 workweeks of leave
9    during any 12-month period. Subject to subsection (c), an
10    employee working for an employer that employs at least 15
11    but not more than 49 employees shall be entitled to a total
12    of 8 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period. Subject
13    to subsection (c), an employee working for an employer that
14    employs at least one but not more than 14 employees shall
15    be entitled to a total of 4 workweeks of leave during any
16    12-month period. The total number of workweeks to which an
17    employee is entitled shall not decrease during the relevant
18    12-month period. This Act does not create a right for an
19    employee to take unpaid leave that exceeds the unpaid leave
20    time allowed under, or is in addition to the unpaid leave
21    time permitted by, the federal Family and Medical Leave Act
22    of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.).
23        (3) Schedule. Leave described in paragraph (1) may be
24    taken consecutively, intermittently, or on a reduced work
25    schedule.
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1least 48 hours' advance notice of the employee's intention to
2take the leave, unless providing such notice is not
3practicable. When an unscheduled absence occurs, the employer
4may not take any action against the employee if the employee,
5upon request of the employer and within a reasonable period
6after the absence, provides certification under subsection
7(c).
8    (c) Certification.
9        (1) In general. The employer may require the employee
10    to provide certification to the employer that:
11            (A) the employee or the employee's family or
12        household member is a victim of domestic violence,
13        sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual
14        violence; and
15            (B) the leave is for one of the purposes enumerated
16        in paragraph (a)(1).
17        The employee shall provide such certification to the
18    employer within a reasonable period after the employer
19    requests certification.
20        (2) Contents. An employee may satisfy the
21    certification requirement of paragraph (1) by providing to
22    the employer a sworn statement of the employee, and upon
23    obtaining such documents the employee shall provide:
24            (A) documentation from an employee, agent, or
25        volunteer of a victim services organization, an
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1        professional from whom the employee or the employee's
2        family or household member has sought assistance in
3        addressing domestic violence, sexual violence, or
4        sexual harassment or sexual violence and the effects of
5        the violence or harassment;
6            (B) a police or court record; or
7            (C) other corroborating evidence.
8        The employee may choose which document to submit if
9    that document demonstrates the basis of the leave allowed
10    under Section 20 of this Act. An employee is not required
11    to provide additional documentation if a subsequent leave
12    request is for the same reason for leave previously used
13    and for the same incident of domestic violence, sexual
14    violence, or sexual harassment or the same perpetrator of
15    the domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual
16    harassment.
17    (d) Confidentiality. All information provided to the
18employer pursuant to subsection (b) or (c), including a
19statement of the employee or any other documentation, record,
20or corroborating evidence, and the fact that the employee has
21requested or obtained leave pursuant to this Section, shall be
22retained in the strictest confidence by the employer, except to
23the extent that disclosure is:
24        (1) requested or consented to in writing by the
25    employee; or
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1    law.
2    (e) Employment and benefits.
3        (1) Restoration to position.
4            (A) In general. Any employee who takes leave under
5        this Section for the intended purpose of the leave
6        shall be entitled, on return from such leave:
7                (i) to be restored by the employer to the
8            position of employment held by the employee when
9            the leave commenced; or
10                (ii) to be restored to an equivalent position
11            with equivalent employment benefits, pay, and
12            other terms and conditions of employment.
13            (B) Loss of benefits. The taking of leave under
14        this Section shall not result in the loss of any
15        employment benefit accrued prior to the date on which
16        the leave commenced.
17            (C) Limitations. Nothing in this subsection shall
18        be construed to entitle any restored employee to:
19                (i) the accrual of any seniority or employment
20            benefits during any period of leave; or
21                (ii) any right, benefit, or position of
22            employment other than any right, benefit, or
23            position to which the employee would have been
24            entitled had the employee not taken the leave.
25            (D) Construction. Nothing in this paragraph shall
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1        employee on leave under this Section to report
2        periodically to the employer on the status and
3        intention of the employee to return to work.
4        (2) Maintenance of health benefits.
5            (A) Coverage. Except as provided in subparagraph
6        (B), during any period that an employee takes leave
7        under this Section, the employer shall maintain
8        coverage for the employee and any family or household
9        member under any group health plan for the duration of
10        such leave at the level and under the conditions
11        coverage would have been provided if the employee had
12        continued in employment continuously for the duration
13        of such leave.
14            (B) Failure to return from leave. The employer may
15        recover the premium that the employer paid for
16        maintaining coverage for the employee and the
17        employee's family or household member under such group
18        health plan during any period of leave under this
19        Section if:
20                (i) the employee fails to return from leave
21            under this Section after the period of leave to
22            which the employee is entitled has expired; and
23                (ii) the employee fails to return to work for a
24            reason other than:
25                    (I) the continuation, recurrence, or onset
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1                sexual harassment or sexual violence that
2                entitles the employee to leave pursuant to this
3                Section; or
4                    (II) other circumstances beyond the
5                control of the employee.
6            (C) Certification.
7                (i) Issuance. An employer may require an
8            employee who claims that the employee is unable to
9            return to work because of a reason described in
10            subclause (I) or (II) of subparagraph (B)(ii) to
11            provide, within a reasonable period after making
12            the claim, certification to the employer that the
13            employee is unable to return to work because of
14            that reason. The employee shall choose which
15            document to submit.
16                (ii) Contents. An employee may satisfy the
17            certification requirement of clause (i) by
18            providing to the employer:
19                    (I) a sworn statement of the employee;
20                    (II) documentation from an employee,
21                agent, or volunteer of a victim services
22                organization, an attorney, a member of the
23                clergy, or a medical or other professional from
24                whom the employee has sought assistance in
25                addressing domestic violence, sexual violence,
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1                effects of that violence or harassment;
2                    (III) a police or court record; or
3                    (IV) other corroborating evidence.
4            (D) Confidentiality. All information provided to
5        the employer pursuant to subparagraph (C), including a
6        statement of the employee or any other documentation,
7        record, or corroborating evidence, and the fact that
8        the employee is not returning to work because of a
9        reason described in subclause (I) or (II) of
10        subparagraph (B)(ii) shall be retained in the
11        strictest confidence by the employer, except to the
12        extent that disclosure is:
13                (i) requested or consented to in writing by the
14            employee; or
15                (ii) otherwise required by applicable federal
16            or State law.
17    (f) Prohibited acts.
18        (1) Interference with rights.
19            (A) Exercise of rights. It shall be unlawful for
20        any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the
21        exercise of or the attempt to exercise any right
22        provided under this Section.
23            (B) Employer discrimination. It shall be unlawful
24        for any employer to discharge or harass any individual,
25        or otherwise discriminate against any individual with
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1        privileges of employment of the individual (including
2        retaliation in any form or manner) because the
3        individual:
4                (i) exercised any right provided under this
5            Section; or
6                (ii) opposed any practice made unlawful by
7            this Section.
8            (C) Public agency sanctions. It shall be unlawful
9        for any public agency to deny, reduce, or terminate the
10        benefits of, otherwise sanction, or harass any
11        individual, or otherwise discriminate against any
12        individual with respect to the amount, terms, or
13        conditions of public assistance of the individual
14        (including retaliation in any form or manner) because
15        the individual:
16                (i) exercised any right provided under this
17            Section; or
18                (ii) opposed any practice made unlawful by
19            this Section.
20        (2) Interference with proceedings or inquiries. It
21    shall be unlawful for any person to discharge or in any
22    other manner discriminate (as described in subparagraph
23    (B) or (C) of paragraph (1)) against any individual because
24    such individual:
25            (A) has filed any charge, or has instituted or
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1        related to this Section;
2            (B) has given, or is about to give, any information
3        in connection with any inquiry or proceeding relating
4        to any right provided under this Section; or
5            (C) has testified, or is about to testify, in any
6        inquiry or proceeding relating to any right provided
7        under this Section.
8    (g) Disciplinary action. Nothing in this Section shall be
9construed to prohibit an employer from taking disciplinary
10action, up to and including termination, against an employee
11who uses leave provided pursuant to this Act for purposes other
12than those described in this Section.
13(Source: P.A. 99-765, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
14    (820 ILCS 180/25)
15    Sec. 25. Existing leave usable for addressing domestic
16violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual
17violence. An employee who is entitled to take paid or unpaid
18leave (including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or
19similar leave) from employment, pursuant to federal, State, or
20local law, a collective bargaining agreement, or an employment
21benefits program or plan, may elect to substitute any period of
22such leave for an equivalent period of leave provided under
23Section 20. The employer may not require the employee to
24substitute available paid or unpaid leave for leave provided
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1(Source: P.A. 96-635, eff. 8-24-09.)
 
2    (820 ILCS 180/30)
3    Sec. 30. Victims' employment sustainability; prohibited
4discriminatory acts.
5    (a) An employer shall not fail to hire, refuse to hire,
6discharge, constructively discharge, or harass any individual,
7otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to
8the compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of
9employment of the individual, or retaliate against an
10individual in any form or manner, and a public agency shall not
11deny, reduce, or terminate the benefits of, otherwise sanction,
12or harass any individual, otherwise discriminate against any
13individual with respect to the amount, terms, or conditions of
14public assistance of the individual, or retaliate against an
15individual in any form or manner, because:
16        (1) the individual involved:
17            (A) is or is perceived to be a victim of domestic
18        violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or
19        sexual violence;
20            (B) attended, participated in, prepared for, or
21        requested leave to attend, participate in, or prepare
22        for a criminal or civil court proceeding relating to an
23        incident of domestic violence, sexual violence, or
24        sexual harassment or sexual violence of which the
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1        individual was a victim, or requested or took leave for
2        any other reason provided under Section 20;
3            (C) requested an adjustment to a job structure,
4        workplace facility, or work requirement, including a
5        transfer, reassignment, or modified schedule, leave, a
6        changed telephone number or seating assignment,
7        installation of a lock, or implementation of a safety
8        procedure or any other reasonable accommodation in
9        response to actual or threatened domestic violence,
10        sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual
11        violence, regardless of whether the request was
12        granted; or
13            (D) is an employee whose employer is subject to
14        Section 21 of the Workplace Violence Prevention Act; or
15        (2) the workplace is disrupted or threatened by the
16    action of a person whom the individual states has committed
17    or threatened to commit domestic violence, sexual
18    violence, or sexual harassment or sexual violence against
19    the individual or the individual's family or household
20    member.
21    (b) In this Section:
22        (1) "Discriminate", used with respect to the terms,
23    conditions, or privileges of employment or with respect to
24    the terms or conditions of public assistance, includes not
25    making a reasonable accommodation to the known limitations
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1    domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment
2    or sexual violence or a family or household member being a
3    victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual
4    harassment or sexual violence of an otherwise qualified
5    individual:
6            (A) who is:
7                (i) an applicant or employee of the employer
8            (including a public agency); or
9                (ii) an applicant for or recipient of public
10            assistance from a public agency; and
11            (B) who is:
12                (i) or is perceived to be a victim of domestic
13            violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment a
14            victim of domestic or sexual violence; or
15                (ii) with a family or household member who is a
16            victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or
17            sexual harassment or sexual violence whose
18            interests are not adverse to the individual in
19            subparagraph (A) as it relates to the domestic
20            violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or
21            sexual violence;
22    unless the employer or public agency can demonstrate that
23    the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the
24    operation of the employer or public agency.
25        A reasonable accommodation must be made in a timely
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1    employee or his or her family or household member shall be
2    considered in determining whether the accommodation is
3    reasonable.
4        (2) "Qualified individual" means:
5            (A) in the case of an applicant or employee
6        described in paragraph (1)(A)(i), an individual who,
7        but for being a victim of domestic violence, sexual
8        violence, or sexual harassment or sexual violence or
9        with a family or household member who is a victim of
10        domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual
11        harassment or sexual violence, can perform the
12        essential functions of the employment position that
13        such individual holds or desires; or
14            (B) in the case of an applicant or recipient
15        described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), an individual who,
16        but for being a victim of domestic violence, sexual
17        violence, or sexual harassment or sexual violence or
18        with a family or household member who is a victim of
19        domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual
20        harassment or sexual violence, can satisfy the
21        essential requirements of the program providing the
22        public assistance that the individual receives or
23        desires.
24        (3) "Reasonable accommodation" may include, but is not
25    limited to, an adjustment to a job structure, workplace
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1    reassignment, or modified schedule, leave, a changed
2    telephone number or seating assignment, installation of a
3    lock, or implementation of a safety procedure, or
4    assistance in documenting domestic violence, sexual
5    violence, or sexual harassment or sexual violence that
6    occurs at the workplace or in work-related settings, in
7    response to actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual
8    violence, or sexual harassment or sexual violence.
9        (4) Undue hardship.
10            (A) In general. "Undue hardship" means an action
11        requiring significant difficulty or expense, when
12        considered in light of the factors set forth in
13        subparagraph (B).
14            (B) Factors to be considered. In determining
15        whether a reasonable accommodation would impose an
16        undue hardship on the operation of an employer or
17        public agency, factors to be considered include:
18                (i) the nature and cost of the reasonable
19            accommodation needed under this Section;
20                (ii) the overall financial resources of the
21            facility involved in the provision of the
22            reasonable accommodation, the number of persons
23            employed at such facility, the effect on expenses
24            and resources, or the impact otherwise of such
25            accommodation on the operation of the facility;
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1            employer or public agency, the overall size of the
2            business of an employer or public agency with
3            respect to the number of employees of the employer
4            or public agency, and the number, type, and
5            location of the facilities of an employer or public
6            agency; and
7                (iv) the type of operation of the employer or
8            public agency, including the composition,
9            structure, and functions of the workforce of the
10            employer or public agency, the geographic
11            separateness of the facility from the employer or
12            public agency, and the administrative or fiscal
13            relationship of the facility to the employer or
14            public agency.
15    (c) An employer subject to Section 21 of the Workplace
16Violence Prevention Act shall not violate any provisions of the
17Workplace Violence Prevention Act.
18    (d) All information provided to the employer pursuant to
19subsection (b) or (c), including a statement of the employee
20and any other documentation, record, or corroborating
21evidence, and the fact that the employee has requested or
22obtained leave pursuant to this Section, shall be retained in
23the strictest confidence by the employer, except to the extent
24that disclosure is:
25        (1) requested or consented to in writing by the
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1        (2) otherwise required by applicable federal or State
2    law.
3(Source: P.A. 98-766, eff. 7-16-14; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
 
4    (820 ILCS 180/45)
5    Sec. 45. Effect on other laws and employment benefits.
6    (a) More protective laws, agreements, programs, and plans.
7Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede any
8provision of any federal, State, or local law, collective
9bargaining agreement, or employment benefits program or plan
10that provides:
11        (1) greater leave benefits for victims of domestic
12    violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual
13    violence than the rights established under this Act; or
14        (2) leave benefits for a larger population of victims
15    of domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual
16    harassment or sexual violence (as defined in such law,
17    agreement, program, or plan) than the victims of domestic
18    violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or sexual
19    violence covered under this Act.
20    (b) Less protective laws, agreements, programs, and plans.
21The rights established for employees who are victims of
22domestic violence, sexual violence, or sexual harassment or
23sexual violence and employees with a family or household member
24who is a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or
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1be diminished by any federal, State or local law, collective
2bargaining agreement, or employment benefits program or plan.
3(Source: P.A. 93-591, eff. 8-25-03.)
 
4
Article 3.

 
5    Section 3-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the
6Stopping Predators from Evading Allegations of Abuse of Kids
7Act. References in this Article to "this Act" mean this
8Article.
 
9    Section 3-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10    "Minor" means any person under the age of 18 years.
11    "Youth recreational athletic entity" means a team,
12program, or event, including practice and competition, not
13associated with a school, during which youth athletes
14participate or practice to participate in an organized athletic
15game or competition against another team, club, entity, or
16individual.
17    "Youth recreational athletic entity" includes, but is not
18limited to, athletic activity sponsored by a recreation center,
19community center, or private sports club.
 
20    Section 3-10. Prohibition on sexual abuse of children in
21youth sports. A person who owns, is employed by, or volunteers
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1capacity, employ, use, persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a
2minor to engage in, or assist another person to engage in,
3sexually explicit conduct or the rape, molestation,
4prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of a minor,
5including actual or simulated:
6    (1) sexual contact in the manner of genital-genital,
7oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal contact. For purposes
8of this Act, "sexual contact" means the intentional touching,
9either directly or through clothing, of the genitalia, anus,
10groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an
11intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or
12gratify the sexual desire of any person;
13    (2) bestiality;
14    (3) masturbation;
15    (4) lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area;
16    (5) sadistic or masochistic abuse; or
17    (6) any other sexual conduct or sexual penetration, as
18defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
 
19    Section 3-15. Required reporting of child and sexual abuse
20in youth sports.
21    (a) Any person who owns, is employed by, or volunteers with
22a youth recreational athletic entity and is subject to the
23mandatory reporting requirements of the Abused and Neglected
24Child Reporting Act shall also make a confidential report of
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1league that regulates or oversees the youth recreational
2athletic entity as soon as practicable, but in no event later
3than 10 days after learning of the incident.
4    (b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a
5victim of abuse to self-report the abuse.
 
6    Section 3-20. Posting of rights by youth recreational
7athletic entity. Each youth recreational athletic entity shall
8post in a clear and conspicuous place in its athletic
9facilities and on its website a notice stating a minor's rights
10under this Act as well as the toll-free number to the 24-hour
11child abuse hotline of the Department of Children and Family
12Services and contact information for all governing
13organizations or leagues that regulate or oversee the youth
14recreational athletic entity.
 
15    Section 3-25. Enforcement.
16    (a) Any person who, as a result of a violation of Section
173-10, suffers personal injury, regardless of whether the injury
18occurred when the person was a minor, has a right of action in
19State circuit court. A prevailing plaintiff may recover for
20each violation actual and compensatory damages, including, but
21not limited to, damages for emotional distress, punitive
22damages, reasonable attorney's fees and costs, including
23expert witness fees and other litigation expenses, and such
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1    (b) Any person who knowingly and willfully fails to notify
2the relevant governing organization or league that regulates or
3oversees the youth recreational athletic entity pursuant to
4Section 3-15 may be subject to a civil penalty as follows: for
5a first offense, a penalty not to exceed $250; for a second
6offense, a penalty not to exceed $500; for a third or
7subsequent offense, a penalty not to exceed $1,000. In
8determining the amount of the penalty, the appropriateness of
9the penalty and the gravity of the violation shall be
10considered. The penalty may be recovered in a civil action
11brought by the Director of the Department of Children and
12Family Services in any circuit court.
 
13
Article 4.

 
14    Section 4-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
15Sexual Harassment Victim Representation Act. References in
16this Article to "this Act" mean this Article.
 
17    Section 4-5. Definitions. In this Act:
18    "Perpetrator" means an individual who commits or is alleged
19to have committed an act or threat of sexual harassment.
20    "Sexual harassment" means any unwelcome sexual advances or
21requests for sexual favors or any conduct of a sexual nature
22when: (i) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly
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1employment; (ii) submission to or rejection of such conduct by
2an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions
3affecting such individual; or (iii) such conduct has the
4purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an
5individual's work performance or creating an intimidating,
6hostile, or offensive working environment.
7    "Union" means any organization defined as a "labor
8organization" under Section 2 of the National Labor Relations
9Act (29 U.S.C. 152).
10    "Union representative" means a person designated by a union
11to represent a member of the union in any disciplinary
12proceeding.
13    "Victim" means a victim of sexual harassment.
 
14    Section 4-10. Dual representation prohibited.
15    (a) In any proceeding in which a victim who is a member of
16a union has accused a perpetrator who is a member of the same
17union, the victim and the perpetrator may not be represented in
18the proceeding by the same union representative.
19    (b) The union must designate separate union
20representatives to represent the parties to the proceeding.