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the work performed; and |
(iii) the work performed: |
(I) supplements training given in an |
educational environment that may enhance the |
employability of the intern; |
(II) provides experience for the benefit of |
the person performing the work; |
(III) does not displace regular employees; |
(IV) is performed under the close supervision |
of existing staff; and |
(V) provides no immediate advantage to the |
employer providing the training and may
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occasionally impede the operations of the |
employer.
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(2) "Employee" does not include:
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(a) Domestic servants in private homes;
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(b) Individuals employed by persons who are not |
"employers" as
defined by this Act;
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(c) Elected public officials or the members of |
their immediate
personal staffs;
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(d) Principal administrative officers of the State |
or of any
political subdivision, municipal corporation |
or other governmental unit
or agency;
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(e) A person in a vocational rehabilitation |
facility certified under
federal law who has been |
designated an evaluee, trainee, or work
activity |
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client.
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(B) Employer.
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(1) "Employer" includes:
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(a) Any person employing 15 or more employees |
within Illinois during
20 or more calendar weeks within |
the calendar year of or preceding the alleged
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violation;
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(b) Any person employing one or more employees when |
a complainant
alleges civil rights violation due to |
unlawful discrimination based
upon his or her physical |
or mental disability unrelated to ability or
sexual |
harassment;
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(c) The State and any political subdivision, |
municipal corporation
or other governmental unit or |
agency, without regard to the number of
employees;
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(d) Any party to a public contract without regard |
to the number of
employees;
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(e) A joint apprenticeship or training committee |
without regard to the
number of employees.
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(2) "Employer" does not include any religious |
corporation,
association, educational institution, |
society, or non-profit nursing
institution conducted by |
and for those who rely upon treatment by prayer
through |
spiritual means in accordance with the tenets of a |
recognized
church or religious denomination with respect |
to the employment of
individuals of a particular religion |
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to perform work connected with the
carrying on by such |
corporation, association, educational institution,
society |
or non-profit nursing institution of its activities.
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(C) Employment Agency. "Employment Agency" includes both |
public and
private employment agencies and any person, labor |
organization, or labor
union having a hiring hall or hiring |
office regularly undertaking, with
or without compensation, to |
procure opportunities to work, or to
procure, recruit, refer or |
place employees.
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(D) Labor Organization. "Labor Organization" includes any
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organization, labor union, craft union, or any voluntary |
unincorporated
association designed to further the cause of the |
rights of union labor
which is constituted for the purpose, in |
whole or in part, of collective
bargaining or of dealing with |
employers concerning grievances, terms or
conditions of |
employment, or apprenticeships or applications for
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apprenticeships, or of other mutual aid or protection in |
connection with
employment, including apprenticeships or |
applications for apprenticeships.
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(E) Sexual Harassment. "Sexual harassment" means any |
unwelcome sexual
advances or requests for sexual favors or any |
conduct of a sexual nature
when (1) submission to such conduct |
is made either explicitly or implicitly
a term or condition of |
an individual's employment, (2) submission to or
rejection of |
such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for
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employment decisions affecting such individual, or (3) such |
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conduct has the
purpose or effect of substantially interfering |
with an individual's work
performance or creating an |
intimidating, hostile or offensive working
environment.
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(F) Religion. "Religion" with respect to employers |
includes all
aspects of religious observance and practice, as |
well as belief, unless an
employer demonstrates that he is |
unable to reasonably accommodate an
employee's or prospective |
employee's religious observance or practice
without undue |
hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.
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(G) Public Employer. "Public employer" means the State, an |
agency or
department thereof, unit of local government, school |
district,
instrumentality or political subdivision.
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(H) Public Employee. "Public employee" means an employee of |
the State,
agency or department thereof, unit of local |
government, school district,
instrumentality or political |
subdivision. "Public employee" does not include
public |
officers or employees of the General Assembly or agencies |
thereof.
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(I) Public Officer. "Public officer" means a person who is |
elected to
office pursuant to the Constitution or a statute or |
ordinance, or who is
appointed to an office which is |
established, and the qualifications and
duties of which are |
prescribed, by the Constitution or a statute or
ordinance, to |
discharge a public duty for the State, agency or department
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thereof, unit of local government, school district, |
instrumentality or
political subdivision.
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(J) Eligible Bidder. "Eligible bidder" means a person who, |
prior to a
bid opening, has filed with the Department a |
properly completed, sworn and
currently valid employer report |
form, pursuant to the Department's regulations.
The provisions |
of this Article relating to eligible bidders apply only
to bids |
on contracts with the State and its departments, agencies, |
boards,
and commissions, and the provisions do not apply to |
bids on contracts with
units of local government or school |
districts.
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(K) Citizenship Status. "Citizenship status" means the |
status of being:
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(1) a born U.S. citizen;
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(2) a naturalized U.S. citizen;
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(3) a U.S. national; or
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(4) a person born outside the United States and not a |
U.S. citizen who
is not an unauthorized alien and who is |
protected from discrimination under
the provisions of |
Section 1324b of Title 8 of the United States Code, as
now |
or hereafter amended.
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(Source: P.A. 97-877, eff. 8-2-12.)
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