(b) An apprentice;
             (c) An applicant for any apprenticeship.
         For purposes of subsection (D) of Section 2-102 of

            (i) the employer is not committed to hiring the

            (ii) the employer and the person performing the

            (iii) the work performed:
                 (I) supplements training given in an

                (II) provides experience for the benefit of

                (III) does not displace regular employees;
                 (IV) is performed under the close supervision

                (V) provides no immediate advantage to the

        (2) “Employee” does not include:
             (a) (Blank);
             (b) Individuals employed by persons who are not

            (c) Elected public officials or the members of

            (d) Principal administrative officers of the

            (e) A person in a vocational rehabilitation

    (B) Employer.
         (1) “Employer” includes:
             (a) Any person employing one or more employees

            (b) Any person employing one or more employees

            (c) The State and any political subdivision,

            (d) Any party to a public contract without regard

            (e) A joint apprenticeship or training committee

        (2) “Employer” does not include any place of worship,

    (C) Employment Agency. “Employment Agency” includes both public and private employment agencies and any person, labor organization, or labor union having a hiring hall or hiring office regularly undertaking, with or without compensation, to procure opportunities to work, or to procure, recruit, refer or place employees.
     (D) Labor Organization. “Labor Organization” includes any organization, labor union, craft union, or any voluntary unincorporated association designed to further the cause of the rights of union labor which is constituted for the purpose, in whole or in part, of collective bargaining or of dealing with employers concerning grievances, terms or conditions of employment, or apprenticeships or applications for apprenticeships, or of other mutual aid or protection in connection with employment, including apprenticeships or applications for apprenticeships.
     (E) Sexual Harassment. “Sexual harassment” means any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any conduct of a sexual nature when (1) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment, (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual, or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment.
     For purposes of this definition, the phrase “working environment” is not limited to a physical location an employee is assigned to perform his or her duties.
     (E-1) Harassment. “Harassment” means any unwelcome conduct on the basis of an individual’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge from military service, citizenship status, or work authorization status that has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with the individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. For purposes of this definition, the phrase “working environment” is not limited to a physical location an employee is assigned to perform his or her duties.
     (F) Religion. “Religion” with respect to employers includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that he is unable to reasonably accommodate an employee’s or prospective employee’s religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer’s business.
     (G) Public Employer. “Public employer” means the State, an agency or department thereof, unit of local government, school district, instrumentality or political subdivision.
     (H) Public Employee. “Public employee” means an employee of the State, agency or department thereof, unit of local government, school district, instrumentality or political subdivision. “Public employee” does not include public officers or employees of the General Assembly or agencies thereof.
     (I) Public Officer. “Public officer” means a person who is elected to office pursuant to the Constitution or a statute or ordinance, or who is appointed to an office which is established, and the qualifications and duties of which are prescribed, by the Constitution or a statute or ordinance, to discharge a public duty for the State, agency or department thereof, unit of local government, school district, instrumentality or political subdivision.
     (J) Eligible Bidder. “Eligible bidder” means a person who, prior to contract award or prior to bid opening for State contracts for construction or construction-related services, has filed with the Department a properly completed, sworn and currently valid employer report form, pursuant to the Department’s regulations. The provisions of this Article relating to eligible bidders apply only to bids on contracts with the State and its departments, agencies, boards, and commissions, and the provisions do not apply to bids on contracts with units of local government or school districts.
     (K) Citizenship Status. “Citizenship status” means the status of being:
         (1) a born U.S. citizen;
         (2) a naturalized U.S. citizen;
         (3) a U.S. national; or
         (4) a person born outside the United States and not a

    (L) Work Authorization Status. “Work authorization status” means the status of being a person born outside of the United States, and not a U.S. citizen, who is authorized by the federal government to work in the United States.