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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Cook County Human Rights Ordinance
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO FILE ID 15-4214 AS SUBSTITUTED
Human Relations Committee 7/29/2015
Sponsored by: ROBERT STEELE, LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, JES?S G. GARC?A, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, DEBORAH SIMS and LARRY SUFFREDIN, County Commissioners
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 42 Human Relation, Article II Human Rights, Sec. 42-35 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 42-35 Employment
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(h) Criminal Record or Criminal History
1) Except as otherwise provided in section 42-35(h), no Employer, agent of an Employer or Employment agency shall inquire about, consider, or require disclosure of the criminal record or criminal history of an Employee when considering an application for employment until the Employee has been determined qualified for the position and notified that he or she has been selected for an interview by the Employer or Employment agency or, if there is not an interview, until after a conditional offer of employment is made to the Employee by the Employer or Employment agency.
2) The requirements set forth in section 42-35(h)(1) do not apply to:
a. Employers that are subject to the Illinois Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act, 820 ILCS 75/1 et seq., or agents of Employers or Employment agencies seeking qualified Employees on behalf of such an Employer;
b. Positions for which a satisfactory criminal background is an established bona fide occupational requirement of a particular position or for a particular group of employees;
c. Positions for which federal or state law requires an Employer to exclude Employees with certain criminal convictions;
d. Positions for which a standard fidelity bond or an equivalent bond is required and an Employee's conviction of one or more specified criminal offenses would disqualify the applicant fr...
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