775 ILCS 10

in effect

775 ILCS 10/0.01

(775 ILCS 10/0.01) (from Ch. 29, par. 16.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Works Employment Discrimination Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(775 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 29, par. 17) Sec. 1. (a) No person shall be refused or denied employment in any capacity on the ground of unlawful discrimination, as that term is defined in the Illinois Human Rights Act, nor be subjected to unlawful discrimination in any manner, in connection with the contracting for or the performance of any work or service of any kind, by, for, on behalf of, or for the benefit of this State, or of any department, bureau, commission, board, or other political subdivision or agency thereof. (b) The Illinois Human Rights Act applies to all contracts identified in subsection (a). (Source: P.A. 81-1216.)

775 ILCS 10/2

(775 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 29, par. 18) Sec. 2. The provisions of this Act shall automatically enter into and become a part of each and every contract or other agreement hereafter entered into by, with, for, on behalf of, or for the benefit of this State, or of any department, bureau, commission, board, other political subdivision or agency, officer or agent thereof, providing for or relating to the performance of any of the said work or services or of any part thereof. (Source: Laws 1933, p. 296.)

775 ILCS 10/3

(775 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 29, par. 19) Sec. 3. The provisions of this Act also shall apply to all contracts entered into by or on behalf of all independent contractors, subcontractors, and any and all other persons, associations or corporations, providing for or relating to the doing of any of the said work or the performance of any of the said services, or any part thereof. (Source: Laws 1933, p. 296.)

775 ILCS 10/4

(775 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 29, par. 20) Sec. 4. No contractor, subcontractor, nor any person on his or her behalf shall, in any manner, discriminate against or intimidate any employee hired for the performance of work for the benefit of the State or for any department, bureau, commission, board, other political subdivision or agency, officer or agent thereof, on account of race, color, creed, sex, religion, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, or national origin; and there may be deducted from the amount payable to the contractor by the State of Illinois or by any municipal corporation thereof, under this contract, a penalty of five dollars for each person for each calendar day during which such person was discriminated against or intimidated in violation of the provisions of this Act. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

775 ILCS 10/5

(775 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 29, par. 21) Sec. 5. Any person, agency, corporation or association who violates any of the provisions of this Act, or who aids, abets, incites or otherwise participates in the violation of any of the provisions, whether the violation or participation therein occurs through action in a private, public or in any official capacity, shall be guilty of a petty offense for each and every violation or participation therein with respect to each person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by each such aggrieved person, or by any other person to whom such aggrieved person shall assign his cause of action, in the circuit court in the county in which the plaintiff or the defendant shall reside. (Source: P.A. 79-1360.)

775 ILCS 10/6

(775 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 29, par. 22) Sec. 6. Any person who or any agency, corporation or association which shall violate any of the provisions of the foregoing sections, or who or which shall aid, abet, incite or otherwise participate in the violation of any of the said provisions, whether the said violation or participation therein shall occur through action in a private, in a public, or in any official capacity, shall also be deemed guilty of a petty offense for each and every said violation or participation or, in the case of non-corporate violators, or participators, of a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 77-2365.)

775 ILCS 10/7

(775 ILCS 10/7) (from Ch. 29, par. 23) Sec. 7. The provisions of this Act shall be printed or otherwise inscribed on the face of each contract to which it shall be applicable, but their absence therefrom shall in no wise prevent or affect the application of the said provisions to the said contract. (Source: Laws 1933, p. 296.)

775 ILCS 10/8

(775 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 29, par. 24) Sec. 8. The invalidity or unconstitutionality of any one or more provisions, parts, or sections of this Act shall not be held or construed to invalidate the whole or any other provision, part, or section thereof, it being intended that this Act shall be sustained and enforced to the fullest extent possible and that it shall be construed as liberally as possible to prevent refusals, denials, and discriminations of and with reference to the award of contracts and employment thereunder, on the ground of race, color, creed, sex, religion, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, or national origin. (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

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