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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
COVID-19 VACCINATION RIGHTS FOR EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYER OBLIGATIONS
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 42, HUMAN RELATIONS, ARTICLE V. COVID-19 VACCINATION RIGHTS FOR EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYER OBLIGATIONS, Sed. 42-120 through 42-126.
Sec. 42-120. Title, purpose and scope.
(a) This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "COVID-19 Vaccination Rights for Employees and Prohibition of Retaliation by Employers" Ordinance and shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its purposes and policies.
(b) The purpose of this Article, and the policy of the county, is to protect and promote the public health, safety, and welfare of its citizens, to establish the rights of employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and the obligations of employers to not retaliate against employees for exercising their right to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
(c) This Article applies to, regulates, and determines rights, obligations, and remedies under applicable to employees whose employer violates this Article.
(d) The Department of Human Rights and Ethics will provide a copy of the Ordinance, Chapter 42, Article V, on its website prior to the effective date of the Ordinance.
Sec. 42-121. Definitions.
Whenever used in this Article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
Employee means any individual whether paid or unpaid, engaged in employment for an employer.
Employer means any person employing one or more employees, if the person has its principal place of business within Cook County or does business within Cook County. The term "employer" does not mean the government of the United States or a corporation wholly owned by the government of the United States, an Indian tribe or a corporation wholly owned by an Indian tribe, the government of the State or any agency or department thereof, or any unit of local government in Cook County.
Employment means the performance ...
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