The City of Chicago Employment and Hiring Processes

OIG monitors compliance with the various Employment or Hiring Plans (see below) governing the City’s employment practices through ordinance-prescribed and discretionary reviews, real-time monitoring, and audits of key employment processes. OIG also conducts inquiries into allegations of improper considerations or influence respecting any aspect of City hiring and other employment actions. 

View the City and Departmental Employment or Hiring Plans

• City of Chicago General Employment Plan
• Chicago Fire Department Hiring Plan for Uniformed Positions 
• Chicago Police Department Hiring Plan for Sworn Titles 
• Department of Law Hiring Process
• OIG Employment Procedures

Additional employment– or hiring-related policies and procedures of interest include: 

• Acting Up Policy 
• Addition to the Shakman Exempt List
• Contractor Policy
• Policy Regarding Ineligible for Rehire