Section 2520.720  Affirmative Action Groups

Section 2-105(B) of the Act requires agencies to keep records, analyze their workforces, and establish numerical and program goals for employment "by race, national origin, sex and disability, and any other category which the Department may require by rule"  (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 68, par. 2-105(B)) [775 ILCS 5/2-105(B)]. State agency affirmative action efforts should focus upon the following groups: African Americans, women, Hispanics and Latinos, Native Americans, Asians and disabled persons.   The Department will apply the criteria of Section 2520.730 of this Part to identify such other groups to be added to the list above.

(Source:  Amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 15556, effective September 13, 1993)