Senate Sponsors: LIGHTFORD-BOMKE-SMITH-GEO-KARIS-DEL VALLE. House Sponsors: TURNER,ART-KLINGLER Short description: HUMAN RTS-EEO-LAYOFFS-REORG Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the duties of the Equal Employment Opportunity officer of a State agency includes the evaluation of layoffs and reorganizations and reporting to the head of the agency and to the Department of Human Rights concerning unequal impact by race, national origin, sex, disability, or any other category that the Department may require by rule. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes the amendatory changes in the bill as introduced. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires specified State agencies to notify the Department of Human Rights 30 days before effecting a layoff. Requires the Department to make adverse impact determinations and requires the State agency to notify the employee, the employee's union, and the Dislocated Worker Unit at DCCA. Prohibits a layoff for 10 working days after notice to the Department unless an emergency layoff situation exists. Provides that each employee targeted for layoff should be notified that transitional assistance may be available to him or her. FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Human Rights) No fiscal impact is anticipated. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0178 Last action date: 99-07-16 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status