Park Forest — Ch. 54 Human Relations § 54-236

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Citizenship status means the status of being: (1)
A born U.S. citizen;
(2) A naturalized U.S. citizen;
(3) A U.S. national; or
(4) A person born outside the United States and not a U.S. citizen who is not an unauthorized alien and who is protected from discrimination under section 1324b of title 8 of the United States Code, as amended.
Employee includes: (1) any individual performing services for remuneration within this village for an employer other than the village; (2) an apprentice; (3) an applicant for any apprenticeship. Such term does not include: (1) domestic servants in private homes; (2) individuals employed by persons who are not "employers" as defined by this article; (3) elected public officials or the members of their immediate personal staffs; (4) principal administrative officers of the state or of any political subdivision, municipal corporation or other governmental unit or agency; (5) a person in a vocational rehabilitation facility certified under federal law who has been designated an evaluee, trainee or work activity client.
Employer includes: (1)
Any person employing fifteen (15) or more employees within the village during twenty (20) or more calendar weeks within the calendar year of or preceding the alleged violation.
(2) Any person employing one (1) or more employees when a complainant alleges civil rights violation due to unlawful discrimination based upon the complainant's physical or mental handicap unrelated to ability or sexual harassment.
(3) A joint apprenticeship or training committee without regard to the number of employees.
Such term does not include the state and any political subdivision thereof, municipal corporation, school district, any governmental unit or agency, any religious corporation, association, educational institution, society or nonprofit nursing institution conducted by and for those who rely upon treatment by prayer through spiritual means in accordance with the tenets of a recognized church or religious denomination with respect to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by such corporation, association, educational institution, society or nonprofit nursing institution of its activities.
Employment agency includes both public and private employment agencies and any person, labor organization, or labor union having a hiring hall or hiring office regularly undertaking, with or without compensation, to procure opportunities to work, or to procure, recruit, refer or place employees.
Labor organization includes any organization, labor union, craft union, or any voluntary unincorporated association designed to further the cause of the rights of union labor which is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or apprenticeships or applications for apprenticeships, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment, including apprenticeships or applications for apprenticeships.
Public employee means an employee of the state, agency or department thereof, unit of local government other than the village, school district, instrumentality or political subdivision. Public employee does not include public officers or employees of the general assembly or agencies thereof.
Public officer means a person who is elected to the office pursuant to the constitution or a statute or ordinance or who is appointed to an office which is established and the qualifications and duties of which are prescribed, by the constitution or a statute or ordinance, to discharge a public duty for the state, agency or department thereof, unit of local government, school district, instrumentality or political subdivision.
Religion, with respect to employers, includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that he is unable to reasonably accommodate an employee's or prospective employee's religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer's business.
Sexual harassment means any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any conduct of a sexual nature when: (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment; (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment. Cross reference-- Definitions generally, § 1-2 .