The Situation: Recent amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 and Illinois Business Corporation Act of 1983 create significant new reporting and certification requirements for.
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Illinois’s Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed Senate Bill 1480 into law, establishing new employer certification and reporting requirements, making sweeping changes to Illinois’s anti-retaliation law, and curtailing employers’ uses of criminal convictions in employment decisions. Effective immediately upon signing on March 23, 2021, the law impacts all employers doing business in Illinois. A summary of the amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, Illinois Business Corporation Act, and Illinois Human Rights Act are detailed below:
Amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act
First, the law amends the Illinois Equal Pay Act by mandating that all employers with 100 or more employees in Illinois obtain an “equal pay registration certificate.” The certificate must verify:
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Illinois’s Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed Senate Bill 1480 into law, establishing new employer certification and reporting requirements, making sweeping changes to Illinois’s anti-retaliation law, and curtailing employers’ uses of criminal convictions in employment decisions. Effective immediately upon signing on March 23, 2021, the law impacts all employers doing business in Illinois. A summary of the amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, Illinois Business Corporation Act, and Illinois Human Rights Act are detailed below:
Amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act
First, the law amends the Illinois Equal Pay Act by mandating that all employers with 100 or more employees in Illinois obtain an “equal pay registration certificate.” The certificate must verify:
SB1480 Amends the State’s Equal Pay Act and Business Corporation Act
Last month, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed SB 1480, which amended the Illinois Human Rights Act (read our article about the IHRA amendments here), the Illinois Equal Pay Act and the Business Corporation Act.
Larger Employers Required to “Obtain Equal Pay Registration Certificate” by March 24, 2024
Private employers with more than 100 employees in Illinois must obtain an equal pay certificate within the next three years and must recertify every two years thereafter.
To obtain a certificate, businesses will pay a $150 filing fee and submit an equal pay compliance statement, signed by a corporate officer, legal counsel or authorized agent of the business that states:
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A recent Bill introduces new duties for employers in Illinois,
including in relation to job applicants criminal records,
reporting on gender, race and ethnicity and equal pay.
Executive summary
On 23 March 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law
Illinois Senate Bill 1480 which amends the Illinois Human Rights
Act, the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003, and the Illinois Business
Corporation Act, and imposes new obligations on employers. The
amendments are available here. The changes include:
consideration of criminal histories under the Illinois Human
Rights Act;