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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:
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Restrictions on inquiring into, or using, criminal history
information are not new to Illinois employers. For years, Illinois
employers been precluded from using an applicant s arrest
history when making hiring or other employment decisions. And, in
2015, Illinois joined the list of ban the box states by
precluding employers with 15+ employees from inquiring into or
considering the criminal record or criminal history of an applicant
until after the applicant was selected for an interview or had
received a conditional offer of employment.
Effective March 23, 2021, the restrictions have tightened again,
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:
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
On March 23, 2021, Governor Pritzker signed a new law (Senate Bill 1480) that makes several meaningful changes to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA). One significant change under the new law states employers may not use criminal conviction records when making employment decisions unless employers consider specific factors and take certain steps before making a final employment decision. This new law bars employers from basing
any adverse employment decisions on a conviction record, unless the employer can show:
there is a substantial relationship between one or more of the previous criminal offenses and the employment sought or held; or
granting or continuation of the employment would involve an unreasonable risk to property or to the safety or welfare of specific individuals or the general public.