Employment Law Now VI-113 - Panel Discussion on Significant Equal Pay Legislation
On January 1, 2024, we saw the Illinois minimum wage increase from $13.00 to $14.00. The City of Chicago and Cook County are also increasing their minimum wages on July 1, 2024. The minimum wage for the City of Chicago will...more
Illinois recently amended its Equal Pay Act to require employers with 15 or more workers to include pay and benefits information for each covered job posting. There is, however, a delayed start date: This amendment will take...more
The Illinois Equal Pay Act has been around for a decade, but it’s seen many changes in the past few years. The act was amended in 2021 to impose new equal pay compliance requirements and create new obligations for private...more
Illinois is increasingly expected to be the next state to require the disclosure of pay scales in job postings in a further step towards reinforcing its pay transparency laws. Pay equity laws in the state are already...more
Private employers in Illinois will soon be required to provide their employees with earned paid leave that can be used for any reason. While some municipalities in Illinois already require employers to provide paid leave, the...more
On January 1, 2022, we saw the Illinois minimum wage increase from $11.00 to $12.00. Not to be outdone, the City of Chicago and Cook County are increasing their set minimum wages on July 1, 2022....more