State of Illinois
Illinois Department of Human Rights
Legal Division, Public Contracts Unit
Definitions, Clauses and Policies
Applicable to the IDHR Employer Report Form
Keep for your Records
Definition of employee - For purposes of this form, an “employee” is an individual performing services for remuneration for the employer. All full-time and
permanent part-time employees are to be reported. Forms received containing mathematic errors will not be processed.
Description of Race/Ethnic -
Race/ethnic designations as used by the Department do not denote scientific definitions of anthropological origins. For the
purposes of this report, an employee may be included in the group to which he or she appears to belong, identifies with, or is regarded in the community as
belonging. However, no person should be counted in more than one race/ethnic group. They are:
“White (Not of Hispanic Origin)”
All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East.
“Black or African-American”
(Not of Hispanic Origin). All persons having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
“Hispanic or Latino”
All persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
“Asian or Pacific Islander”
All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific
Islands. This area includes, for example, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
“American Indian or Alaskan Native”
All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North America, and who maintain cultural identification
through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
Definition of categories - Each employee should be counted in only one job category. Select the category containing the jobs most similar to that performed
by the employee. The jobs listed in each category are intended to provide examples, not a complete list, of all job titles falling into that category.
“Executive Senior Level Officials”
Individuals who plan, direct and formulate policies, set strategy and provide the overall direction of enterprises/
organizations for the development and delivery of products or services, within the parameters approved by boards of directors or other governing bodies.
Examples include: chief executive officers, chief operating officers, chief financial officers, line of functional areas or operating groups, chief information
officers, chief marketing officers, chief legal officers, management directors and managing partners.
“First/Mid Level Officials and Managers”
Individuals who typically lead major business units. They implement policies, programs and directives of
executive/senior management through subordinate managers and within the parameters set by Executives/Senior Level management. Examples of these
kinds of managers are: first-line managers, team managers, unit managers, administrative services managers, purchasing and transportation managers, call
center or customer service managers, technical support managers, and brand of product managers.
“Professionals”
Occupations requiring either college graduation or experience of such kind and amount as to provide a comparable background. Includes:
accountants and auditors, airplane pilots and navigators, architects, artists, scientists, designers, dietitians, editors, engineers, lawyers, librarians,
mathematicians, registered professional nurses, personnel and labor relations specialists, physicians, social scientists, teachers, surveyors etc.
“Technicians”
Occupations requiring a combination of basic scientific knowledge and manual skill which can be obtained through 2 years of post high school
education, such as is offered in many technical institutes and union colleges, or through equivalent on-the-job training. Includes: computer programmers,
drafters, engineering/mathematical/scientific aides, licensed/practical/vocational nurses, photographers, radio operators, technical illustrators, medical/dental/
electronic/scientific technicians, etc.
“Sales Workers”
Occupations engaging wholly or primarily in direct selling. Includes: advertising agents and sates workers, insurance agents and brokers,
real estate agents and brokers, stock and bond sales workers, demonstrators, sales workers and sales clerks, grocery clerks, and cashiers/checkers, etc.
“Administrative Support Workers”
Includes all clerical-type work regardless of level of difficulty, where the activities are predominantly non-manual though
some manual work not directly involved with altering or transporting the products is included. Includes: bookkeepers, collectors (bills and accounts),
messengers and office helpers, office machine operators (including computer), shipping and receiving clerks, stenographers, typists and secretaries,
telegraph and telephone operators, legal assistants, etc.
“Craft Workers (skilled)”
Manual workers of relatively high skill level having a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the processes involved in their
work. Exercise considerable independent judgment and usually receive an extensive period of training. Includes: the building trades, hourly paid
supervisors/lead operators not members of management, mechanics, skilled machinists, electricians, compositors/typesetters/engravers, pattern/model
makers, stationary engineers, motion picture projectionists, painters (construction/maintenance), tailors/tailoresses, arts/decorating occupations,
handpainters, coaters, bakers, etc.
“Operatives (semiskilled)”
Workers who operate machine or processing equipment or perform other factory-type duties of intermediate skill level which can
be mastered in a few weeks and require only limited training. Includes: apprentices (auto/plumbing/bricklaying/carpentry/electrical/machinist/mechanical/
building trade/metalworking/printing trades, etc.), attendants (auto service/parking), blasters, chauffeurs, delivery workers, sewers/stitchers, dryers, furnace
workers, heaters, laundry/dry cleaning, milliners, mine laborers, motor operators, oilers/greasers (except auto), painters (manufactured articles),
photographic processors, truck/tractor drivers, welders/flame cutters, electronic equipment assemblers, butchers/meatcutters, inspectors/testers/graders,
handpackers/packagers, knitting/looping/taping/weaving machine operators, etc.
“Laborers & Helpers”
Workers in manual occupations which generally require no special training who perform elementary duties that may be learned in a few
days and require the application of little or no independent judgment. Includes: garage laborers, car washers/greasers, gardeners, farm workers,
stevedores, wood choppers, lifting/digging/mixing/loading/pulling laborers, etc.
“Service Workers”
Workers in both protective and non-protective service occupations. Includes: attendants (hospital/other institutions, professional/personal
service, nurses aides/orderlies), barbers, char workers/cleaners, cooks, counter/fountain workers, elevator operators, firefighters/fire protection, guards,
doorkeepers, stewards, janitors, police officers/detectives, porters, waiters/waitresses, amusement/recreation facilities attendants, guides, ushers, public
transportation attendants, etc.
(IDHR EMPLOYER REPORT FORM 1/30/2015) Definitions, Clauses and Policies - Keep for your records