After a relatively quiet 2020 from an employment legislation perspective, the Illinois Assembly has been busy crafting new laws in 2021. We recently reported on new legislation related.
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Just over three months ago, on March 23, 2021, Illinois Governor
J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1480 into law, amending the
Illinois Human Rights Act, the Illinois Business Corporation Act of
1983, and the Equal Pay Act of 2003. These amendments rendered
Illinois equal pay and compliance laws among the most far
reaching in the nation and included new reporting requirements for
private employers with more than 100 employees. Taft s
Employment and Labor Relations group previously authored a law
bulletin on the legislation, available here.
On June 25, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate
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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: