Section 270.100  Purpose and Scope

 

It is the purpose of this Part to prescribe rules outlining the procedures for submission of apprenticeship reports under the State Construction Minority and Female Building Trades Act.

 

Section 270.110  Definitions

 

"Apprenticeship Report" means a report compiled by a labor organization or other entity that includes information regarding minority participation in the labor organization's or other entity's apprenticeship program.

 

"Act" means the State Construction Minority and Female Building Trades Act [30 ILCS 577/Art. 35].

 

"Construction" means any constructing, altering, reconstructing, repairing, rehabilitating, refinishing, refurbishing, remodeling, remediating, renovating, custom fabricating, maintenance, landscaping, improving, wrecking, painting, decorating, demolishing, and adding to or subtracting from any building, structure, highway, roadway, street, bridge, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant, water works, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development, real property or improvement, or to do any part thereof, whether or not the performance of the work herein described involves the addition to, or fabrication into, any structure, project, development, real property or improvement herein described of any material or article of merchandise.  Construction shall also include moving construction related materials on the job site or to or from the job site.  (Section 35-5 of the Act)

 

"Department" means the Illinois Department of Labor.

 

"Labor Organization or Other Entity" means, for purposes of this Part, an organization or entity in Illinois with one or more apprenticeship programs for construction trades, whether or not recognized and certified by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.

 

"Under-represented Minority" means African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American as those terms are defined in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act [30 ILCS 575].  (Section 35-5 of the Act)

 

Section 270.200  Contents and Filing of a Report

 

a)         By January 15 of each year, each labor organization or other entity must submit an apprenticeship report to the Illinois Department of Labor regarding all individuals participating in its construction apprenticeship program. 

 

b)         The apprenticeship report must include the following information on apprentices in the apprenticeship program of that labor organization or other entity during the preceding calendar year:

 

1)         the official name of the apprenticeship program;

 

2)         contact information for an authorized representative of the apprenticeship program, including name, address, phone number and email address;

 

3)         a verification statement that the records are true and accurate; and

 

4)         the race, gender, ethnicity and national origin for each apprentice in the program.

 

c)         Each apprenticeship report shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the Department.  This form is available on the Department's website.

 

d)         All apprenticeship reports shall be filed with the Department's Springfield office at 1 W. Old State Capitol Plaza, Room 300, Springfield IL 62701 and will be considered filed upon receipt.