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Many states across the country have adopted new or revised equal pay laws in an effort to address pay inequities in the workplace. Illinois joined that list with March 22, 2021 amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 and Illinois Business Corporation Act, which took immediate effect. The amendments require employers to assemble, submit, and, in some cases, even publish demographic and pay equity data.
The Illinois Equal Pay Act amendments require all employers with more than 100 employees in the state of Illinois to submit employee compensation data to the Illinois Department of Labor. Covered businesses must provide the Department with data regarding each employee’s gender, race, ethnicity, and compensation within the prior calendar year. The employer must also submit a sworn certification to the Department of Labor that the employer complies with the Illinois Equal Pay Act, the Illinois Human Rights Act, and
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:
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Executive Summary: On March 23, 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 at: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/101/101-0656.htm.
The changes include:
Consideration of Criminal Histories under Illinois Human Rights
Act
Amendments to Illinois Business Corporations Act regarding
employee demographics
New Equal Pay Requirements (including whistleblower protection
for reporting violations of the new requirements)