General Electric Co. v. Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was commenced when complainant, Ramon Rivas, filed two charges of unfair employment practices with the Fair Employment Practices Commission (hereinafter referred to as “Commission,” or as “F.E.P.C.” when necessary to distinguish this agency from other administrative agencies) in accordance with the Fair Employment Practices Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 48, par. 851 et seq.) The respondent before that administrative agency, General Electric Company, was charged with unlawfully discriminating against complainant by…