The Employment Plan requires both internal and external oversight of CCH’s implementation of Employment Actions governed by the Employment Plan and Supplemental Policies and Procedures Manual.

Human Resources not only establishes, directs and coordinates employment actions, but also provides oversight to ensure compliance with the Employment Plan, Supplemental Policies, Personnel Rules, and other applicable requirements (e.g., CBAs). The Employment Plan Office (“EPO”) is staffed with CCH employees responsible for providing internal oversight over both Human Resources and our departmental leaders’ employment-action related activity and providing guidance to support compliance with the Employment Plan, Supplemental Policies and Personnel Rules. For a more detailed description of the EPO’s duties, please click here. The Office of the Independent Inspector General (“OIIG ”) is a Cook County agency that provides external oversight of CCH’s implementation of the Employment Plan.

• The EPO and OIIG have full access to CCH Employment Actions, meaning that may observe activity in real-time and may audit processes via document review to assess for compliance with the applicable rules.
• Both offices also have investigative functions where non-compliance is reported or suspected.
  • Employees are required to report known or suspected non-compliance and to cooperate with investigations.
  • Retaliation for cooperating is strictly prohibited. Allegations are taken seriously, and anyone found to have retaliated would be subject to disciplinary action, up to termination.

Both offices have reporting requirements which provide transparency into their observations and determinations related to CCH’s activities and compliance.