Illinois Administrative Code
Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part 2520 - PROCEDURES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Subpart H - EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BY STATE EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Section 2520.720 - Affirmative Action Groups

Section 2-105(B) of the Act requires agencies to keep records, analyze their workforces, and establish numerical and program goals for employment by race, national origin, sex anddisability, and any other category which the Department may require by rule [775 ILCS 5/2-105(B) ]. State agency affirmative action efforts should focus upon the following groups: Blacks and African Americans, women, Hispanics and Latinos, American Indians and Alaskan Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders, and disabled persons. The Department will apply the criteria of Section 2520.730 to identify other groups to be added to this list.