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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE COOK COUNTY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM (PROPOSED ORDINANCE). Submitting Proposed Ordinance by William M. Beavers, County Commissioner.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE COOK COUNTY
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM
BE IT ORDAINED, Pursuant to Cook County's home rule authority under Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners ("County Board") that Chapter 44, Human Resources, Article V, Section 44-140 through 44-145 are hereby inserted into a newly created Article V, entitled the "Cook County Affirmative Action Program" and are thereafter amended and renumbered as follows:
ARTICLE V. COOK COUNTY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM.
44-140. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the County of Cook (the "County") to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to their race, religion, color, age, disability, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, membership in the military reserves, creed, ancestry, arrest or conviction record, or use or nonuse of lawful products away from work. In adhering to this policy, the County complies with the Illinois Human Rights Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and other applicable statutes and regulations relating to equal employment opportunities. This policy represents the County's commitment to a nondiscriminatory work environment for all qualified applicants and employees. The County is an employer that values the diversity of its employees and as such seeks to achieve the goal of hiring and maintaining an overall County workforce of 50% minority, 25% woman and 5% disabled in every County bureau including the following elected officials or otherwise (as hereinafter defined): the Assessor, the Clerk of the Circuit Court, the County Clerk, the Board of Review, th...
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