101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2063

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
775 ILCS 5/2-108 new

    Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that an employer with 50 or more employees shall maintain records of employee complaints alleging sexual harassment and retain such records for a period of not less than 10 years after the date on which the complaint was received by the employer. Provides that intentional destruction or failure to maintain such records may be considered interference and a civil rights violation.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning human rights.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
5adding Section 2-108 as follows:
 
6    (775 ILCS 5/2-108 new)
7    Sec. 2-108. Retention of records by employers with 50 or
8more employees.
9    (a) As used in this Section, "employee complaint" means a
10complaint filed through the internal complaint process of the
11employer on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
12of the 101st General Assembly.
13    (b) An employer, as defined by Section 2-101, with 50 or
14more employees shall maintain records of employee complaints
15alleging sexual harassment. Those records shall be retained for
16a period of not less than 10 years after the date on which the
17complaint was received by the employer.
18    (c) The Department may seek an order requiring an
19applicable employer to comply with this Section. Intentional
20destruction of such records or failure to maintain records in
21the manner specified may be considered interference, as defined
22by Section 6-101, and a civil rights violation.
23    (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to affect

 

 

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1the privacy or confidentiality of an employer's internal
2complaint process.