IL SB2409

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to require state agencies to include targeted advertising toward underrepresented racial and ethnic communities when recruiting new employees, including placement in newspapers and radio stations serving those communities.

Agencies with fewer than 1,000 employees must appoint a Chief Equal Employment Opportunity officer for every office; agencies with 1,000 or more employees must appoint a Deputy Equal Employment Opportunity officer for every office.

Chief and Deputy EEO officers must be knowledgeable about equal employment law and diversity issues, and must receive training and assistance from their agency.

Chief and Deputy EEO officers are responsible for implementing targeted recruitment requirements, investigating equal employment opportunity complaints, coordinating EEO activities across the agency, monitoring personnel actions, and attesting that office procedures comply with state and federal employment laws.