The subject of wage inequality between the sexes remains a contentious topic, although it has been more than 50 years since the equal pay act 1963 and the civil rights act 1964 were passed. Equal pay act instruction guide california department of. Illinois amends state equal pay act to extend filing. In addition, illinois employers should reevaluate their policies with respect to the confidentiality of wage and salary information. Full text of public act 1010177 illinois general assembly. Effective january 1, 2019, the act prohibits pay discrimination. The new law, signed by governor jared polis on may 22, 2019, goes into effect on january 1, 2021. The equal pay for equal work act is an equal opportunity law poster by the georgia department of labor. The act also protects employees rights to disclose, and otherwise exercise their rights under the act regarding wage or salary history information. Hailing a new workplace mandate as a mothers day gift, governor blagojevich signed the illinois equal pay act into law on may 11, 2003. Enacting one of the toughest enhanced state pay equity laws to date, colorado has become the tenth state in the country to pass an equal pay law that is more demanding than federal law. Nothing in this act may be construed to require an employer to pay, to any employee at a workplace in a particular county, wages that are equal to the wages paid.
The amendments toughen the states pay equity protections and includes a salary history ban, among other provisions. Illinois amends its equal pay act, banning employers from inquiring. Free illinois employment laws labor law poster 2020. The illinois house of representatives and senate recently voted to override illinois governor bruce rauners veto of proposed changes to the illinois equal pay act, meaning that employers will soon be required to comply with new set of pay equity obligations.
Illinois general assembly full text of public act 1001140. Illinois passes new equal pay act and expands statutory coverage. New changes to the illinois equal pay act mitchell a. The importance of fair pay for illinois women april 2012 at the time of the equal pay acts passage in 1963, women working full time, year round were paid merely 59 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts. Job content not job titles determines whether jobs are substantially equal. Illinois equal pay act labor and employment legal news. Be it enacted by the people of the state of illinois. Pritzker signed hb0834 into law, amending the states equal pay act. On august 6, 2007, illinois governor rod blagojevich signed into law h. On its face, the act is similar to the federal equal pay act and prohibits genderbased wage discrimination.
Pritzker demil signed an amendment to the illinois equal pay act epa, prohibiting illinois employers from asking a job applicant about their compensation history. Get the latest on the illinois equal pay act brilliant. Free georgia georgia equal pay labor law poster 2020. Section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in all areas of employment andor service delivery by recipients of federal financial assistance. Employers and employment agencies are banned from asking applicants past wage and compensation histories. Illinois now joins other states including new york, new jersey, and connecticut and nine other localities, plus puerto rico, in prohibiting private employers from inquiring into andor relying on an applicants pay history.
Il4521219 50 ioci 20348 your rights under illinois employment laws this is a summary of laws that satisfies illinois department of labor posting requirements. Finally, although not part of pa 1010221, the illinois equal pay act has also been amended for the second time in 2019 with important changes effective on september 29, 2019. It previously only applied to employers with more than three employees, leaving workers in small businesses with no recourse against unequal pay. Equal pay act of 1963 requires employers to provide equal pay for men and women performing similar work. The equal pay act of 1963 is a united states labor law amending the fair labor standards act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex see gender pay gap. Illinois the newest state to toughen its equal pay laws. Illinois human rights act, the statute of limitations accrues when the discrimination or civil rights violation occurred. This adds illinois to the growing list of states barring employers from inquiring about an applicants salary history. The equal pay act requires that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work. Equal employment opportunity is a federal law, covered under title vii of the civil rights act of 1964. Had they been passed into law, these amendments would have prohibited illinois employers from inquiring into a job applicants salary history. Pritzker signed into law public act 1010221, which provides sweeping changes to the landscape of employment law in illinois. Illinois human rights act freedom from unlawful discrimination. These amendments significantly expand the amount of time within which employees must submit complaints, place heavier burdens on employers to keep and preserve wagerelated records, and permit employees to complain about distant compensation decisions so long as.
Pritzker signed a new law amending the illinois equal pay act of 2003 the act, making it unlawful for employers to ask about a job applicants salary history. Illinois employers should ensure that their employee compensation complies with the illinois equal pay act. Illinois compiled statutes illinois general assembly. Find out more about this topic, read articles and blogs or research legal issues, cases, and codes on findlaw. Given the epas applicability to small employers who may not be subject to the federal equal pay act, employers of all sizes should take proactive steps to ensure their compliance with illinois epa and avoid potential liability and penalties, which can be significant. This is true regardless of the job title given to the male or female worker. This law prohibits unlawful discrimination in the work place, as an outcome of employment practices including hiring, promotion, transfer, discipline, or any other personnel action. Equal pay act of 1963 requires employers to provide equal pay for men and women. Illinois governor signs changes to state equal pay act. Maryland equal pay for equal work maryland department of. This poster includes the information needed for wage payment and collection act, child labor law, minimum wage law, equal pay act, victims economic security and safety act and the one day rest in seven act. Expanded illinois equal pay law with ban on salary history. Illinois equal pay act amendments in effect september 29.
Expansion of the illinois equal pay act what employers. On august 25, 2017, illinois governor bruce rauner vetoed proposed amendments to the illinois equal pay act house bill 2462. Illinois recently amended its equal pay act of 2003 epa to make it easier for employees to complain of perceived violations. The bill would have made an employers inquiry into an applicants wage, benefits, and other compensation history an unlawful form of discrimination. The law requires an employer to post a notice describing the federal laws prohibiting job discrimination based on race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability or genetic information. As part of its effort to tackle the pay gap between men and women, illinois has joined the national trend of banning questions regarding a job. The following is the text of the equal pay act of 1963 pub. Georgia equal pay for equal work act poster required. Illinois general assembly full text of public act 1010177.
Colorado enacts comprehensive equal pay law jackson lewis. Key changes to the illinois human rights act changes to the victims economic security and safety act changes to the illinois equal pay act new hotel and casino employee safety act on august 9, 2019, illinois governor j. The eeoc is no longer accepting filings of eeo1 component 2 pay data for either 2017 or 2018. Be it enacted by the people of the state of illinois, represented in the general assembly. Eeo is the law poster equal employment opportunity. Illinois equal pay act signed into law jackson lewis. Facts about equal pay and compensation discrimination. The right of employees to be free from discrimination in their compensation is protected under several federal laws, including the following enforced by the u. Equal pay act requires employers to pay equal wages to men and women doing the same or substantially similar work, unless such wage differences are based upon a seniority system, a merit system, or factors other than gender. In addition to sex discrimination prohibited by title vii of the civil rights act, as amended, the equal pay act of 1963, as amended, prohibits sex discrimination in the payment of wages to women and men performing substantially equal work. With these laws, illinois joins several states making recent efforts to combat unequal pay and sexual harassment. On june 28, 2017, hb 2462, an amendment to the illinois equal pay act, passed both chambers of illinois general assembly.
Illinois amends state equal pay act to extend filing periods and. The jobs need not be identical, but they must be substantially equal. The equal pay act of 2003 prohibits employers from paying unequal wages to men and. The day is filled with webinars, phone calls and interviews, flights, inperson. Finally, illinois employers should maintain compensation records for three years. When the act was passed, women, who mostly worked as secretaries and typists at the time, on average earned less than twothirds the wage of men. Illinois amends its equal pay act, banning employers from. Double click the pdf on your desktop to open it in adobe reader. Springfield governor jb pritzker has signed into law an amendment to the illinois equal pay act that bans employers and employment agencies from asking about applicants past wage and compensation histories or using such information to screen candidates for a job. On july 31, 2019, illinois signed into law and amended the illinois equal pay act of 2003 iepa. The equal pay act of 2003 is amended by changing sections 10 and 30 as follows.
The illinois equal pay act of 2003 prohibits employers from paying any employee less than they pay another employee of the opposite sex for the same or substantially similar work requiring substantially similar skill, effort, and responsibility performed under similar working conditions for the same employer in the same county. This amendment increases the laws compensation discrimination protections and prohibits employers from asking job applicants about their salary history. Most state equal pay acts grant exceptions for pay systems based on wage differentials other than gender, such as seniority or merit. It was signed into law on june 10, 1963, by john f. The illinois equal pay act the act prohibits any employer, regardless of size, from paying unequal wages to men and women where they perform the same or substantially similar work. Proposed amendments to illinois equal pay act vetoed. For a complete text of the laws, visit our website at. The equal pay act prohibits employers with four or more employees from paying unequal wages to men and women for doing the same or substantially similar work, except if the wage difference is based upon a seniority system, a merit system, a system measuring earnings by quantity or quality of production, or factors other than gender. Under the new law, construction workers are automatically deemed to be employees of the contractor unless the worker meets the specific exceptions set forth in the act. The victims economic security and safety act vessa provides an employee who is a victim of domestic or sexual violence, or who has a family or. Illinois lawmakers recently expanded the states equal pay act to include all employers in the state, regardless of their size.
On equal pay day 2020, seyfarths pay equity group is pleased to release two reference guides. The equal pay act works to keep wage and salary decisions from being based on the gender of the employee. So, for every dollar a man earned, a woman would only earn about 62 cents. Displaying this poster in the workplace satisfies the posting requirements for the illinois department of labor. The new law goes into effect on september 29, 2019.
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