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1    AN ACT concerning human rights.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
5changing Section 2-101 as follows:
 
6    (775 ILCS 5/2-101)  (from Ch. 68, par. 2-101)
7    Sec. 2-101. Definitions. The following definitions are
8applicable strictly in the context of this Article.
9    (A) Employee.
10        (1) "Employee" includes:
11            (a) Any individual performing services for
12        remuneration within this State for an employer;
13            (b) An apprentice;
14            (c) An applicant for any apprenticeship.
15        For purposes of subsection (D) of Section 2-102 of this
16    Act, "employee" also includes an unpaid intern. An unpaid
17    intern is a person who performs work for an employer under
18    the following circumstances:
19            (i) the person works for the employer at least 10
20        hours per week;
21            (ii) the employer is not committed to hiring the
22        person performing the work at the conclusion of the
23        intern's tenure;

 

 

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1            (iii) the employer and the person performing the
2        work agree that the person is not entitled to wages for
3        the work performed; and
4            (iv) the work performed:
5                (I) provides experience for the benefit of the
6            person performing the work;
7                (II) does not displace regular employees; and
8                III) is performed under the close supervision
9            of existing staff.
10        (2) "Employee" does not include:
11            (a) Domestic servants in private homes;
12            (b) Individuals employed by persons who are not
13        "employers" as defined by this Act;
14            (c) Elected public officials or the members of
15        their immediate personal staffs;
16            (d) Principal administrative officers of the State
17        or of any political subdivision, municipal corporation
18        or other governmental unit or agency;
19            (e) A person in a vocational rehabilitation
20        facility certified under federal law who has been
21        designated an evaluee, trainee, or work activity
22        client.
23    (B) Employer.
24        (1) "Employer" includes:
25            (a) Any person employing 15 or more employees
26        within Illinois during 20 or more calendar weeks within

 

 

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1        the calendar year of or preceding the alleged
2        violation;
3            (b) Any person employing one or more employees when
4        a complainant alleges civil rights violation due to
5        unlawful discrimination based upon his or her physical
6        or mental disability unrelated to ability or sexual
7        harassment;
8            (c) The State and any political subdivision,
9        municipal corporation or other governmental unit or
10        agency, without regard to the number of employees;
11            (d) Any party to a public contract without regard
12        to the number of employees;
13            (e) A joint apprenticeship or training committee
14        without regard to the number of employees.
15        (2) "Employer" does not include any religious
16    corporation, association, educational institution,
17    society, or non-profit nursing institution conducted by
18    and for those who rely upon treatment by prayer through
19    spiritual means in accordance with the tenets of a
20    recognized church or religious denomination with respect
21    to the employment of individuals of a particular religion
22    to perform work connected with the carrying on by such
23    corporation, association, educational institution, society
24    or non-profit nursing institution of its activities.
25    (C) Employment Agency. "Employment Agency" includes both
26public and private employment agencies and any person, labor

 

 

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1organization, or labor union having a hiring hall or hiring
2office regularly undertaking, with or without compensation, to
3procure opportunities to work, or to procure, recruit, refer or
4place employees.
5    (D) Labor Organization. "Labor Organization" includes any
6organization, labor union, craft union, or any voluntary
7unincorporated association designed to further the cause of the
8rights of union labor which is constituted for the purpose, in
9whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with
10employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of
11employment, or apprenticeships or applications for
12apprenticeships, or of other mutual aid or protection in
13connection with employment, including apprenticeships or
14applications for apprenticeships.
15    (E) Sexual Harassment. "Sexual harassment" means any
16unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any
17conduct of a sexual nature when (1) submission to such conduct
18is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of
19an individual's employment, (2) submission to or rejection of
20such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for
21employment decisions affecting such individual, or (3) such
22conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering
23with an individual's work performance or creating an
24intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
25    (F) Religion. "Religion" with respect to employers
26includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as

 

 

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1well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that he is
2unable to reasonably accommodate an employee's or prospective
3employee's religious observance or practice without undue
4hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.
5    (G) Public Employer. "Public employer" means the State, an
6agency or department thereof, unit of local government, school
7district, instrumentality or political subdivision.
8    (H) Public Employee. "Public employee" means an employee of
9the State, agency or department thereof, unit of local
10government, school district, instrumentality or political
11subdivision. "Public employee" does not include public
12officers or employees of the General Assembly or agencies
13thereof.
14    (I) Public Officer. "Public officer" means a person who is
15elected to office pursuant to the Constitution or a statute or
16ordinance, or who is appointed to an office which is
17established, and the qualifications and duties of which are
18prescribed, by the Constitution or a statute or ordinance, to
19discharge a public duty for the State, agency or department
20thereof, unit of local government, school district,
21instrumentality or political subdivision.
22    (J) Eligible Bidder. "Eligible bidder" means a person who,
23prior to a bid opening, has filed with the Department a
24properly completed, sworn and currently valid employer report
25form, pursuant to the Department's regulations. The provisions
26of this Article relating to eligible bidders apply only to bids

 

 

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1on contracts with the State and its departments, agencies,
2boards, and commissions, and the provisions do not apply to
3bids on contracts with units of local government or school
4districts.
5    (K) Citizenship Status. "Citizenship status" means the
6status of being:
7        (1) a born U.S. citizen;
8        (2) a naturalized U.S. citizen;
9        (3) a U.S. national; or
10        (4) a person born outside the United States and not a
11    U.S. citizen who is not an unauthorized alien and who is
12    protected from discrimination under the provisions of
13    Section 1324b of Title 8 of the United States Code, as now
14    or hereafter amended.
15(Source: P.A. 97-877, eff. 8-2-12.)