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Meeting Name: Human Relations Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/29/2015 10:30 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: Proposed Substitute to File ID 15-4214.pdf, Errata 7-29-15 Human Relations Committee.pdf
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15-4645 1  Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 06/30/2015   Not available Not available
15-4212 1 COUNTY ECONOMIC INCENTIVESOrdinance AmendmentPROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT COUNTY ECONOMIC INCENTIVES BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 42, Human Relations, Article II, Human Rights, Section 42-42 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: Section 42-42. County economic incentives. (a) Prohibition. No person or entity who is the beneficiary of an economic incentive provided by Cook County ("County") shall engage in unlawful discrimination or sexual harassment against any individual in the terms or conditions of employment, credit, public accommodations, housing, or provision of facilities, services or programs. "Sexual harassment" has such meaning as is ascribed to it in other sections of this article. (b) Provisions of County Economic Incentive Agreements. The Cook County Bureau of Economic Development, and all other department heads, as necessary and authorized, shall include a provision in all County economic incentive agreements that details the County's policies with respect to unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment, as embodied in this article, and tha   Not available Video Video
15-4214 1 Ban the Box Amendment Criminal Record or Criminal HistoryOrdinance AmendmentPROPOSED 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, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, 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 *** (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    Not available Video Video
15-4214 1 Ban the Box Amendment Criminal Record or Criminal HistoryOrdinance AmendmentPROPOSED 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, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, 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 *** (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    Not available Video Video