94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0778


 
Introduced 2/18/2005, by Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














820 ILCS 112/40









    Amends provisions of the Equal Pay Act of 2003 requiring employers covered by the Act to post a notice, prepared or approved by the Director, summarizing the requirements of the Act and
information pertaining to the filing of a charge. Adds language providing that a notice with specified contents is in compliance with that requirement. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning employment.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Equal Pay Act of 2003 is amended  by changing 
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Section 40 as follows:
 



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    (820 ILCS 112/40)



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    Sec. 40. Notification. 
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    (a) Every employer covered by this Act shall post and
keep 
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posted, in conspicuous places on the premises of the employer 
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where
notices to employees are customarily posted, a notice, to 
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be prepared or
approved by the Director, or that is 
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substantially similar to the notice in subsection (b), 
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summarizing the requirements of this Act and
information 
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pertaining to the filing of a charge. The Director shall 
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furnish
copies of summaries and rules to employers upon request 
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without charge.


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    (b) A notice that is substantially similar to the following 
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text that does not contain any other text or graphics, other 
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than the State seal, shall be deemed to be in compliance with 
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subsection (a):

 
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"ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


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NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES



 
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 REQUIRED POSTING - Employers are required to post this notice 
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in a conspicuous place for all employees.



 
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EQUAL PAY ACT of 2003


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(P.A. 93-6) Effective Date: January 1, 2004



 
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    The Equal Pay Act prohibits employers with four or more 
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employees from paying unequal wages to men and women for doing 
 


 






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the same or substantially similar
work, requiring equal skill, 
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effort, and responsibility, under similar working conditions 
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for the same employer in the same county, except if the wage 
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difference is
based upon a seniority system, a merit system, a 
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system measuring earnings by quantity or quality of production, 
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or factors other than gender.

 
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    Employers are prohibited from remedying violations of this 
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Act by reducing the wages of other employees. Employers are 
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also prohibited from discharging or
otherwise discriminating 
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against any employee exercising his/her rights under this Act. 
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Employers found to be in violation of this Act will be required 
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to make up
the wage difference to the employee, and may pay 
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legal costs and be subject to civil fines of up to $2,500 per 
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violation.

 
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    The Equal Pay Act covers wage discrimination based upon 
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gender. If you feel you have been discriminated against based 
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upon other factors, please contact the
Illinois Department of 
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Human Rights.

 
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    For more information, contact the Illinois Department of 
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Labor (insert here the address and telephone number of the 
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Illinois Department of Labor)".

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(Source: P.A. 93-6, eff. 1-1-04.)


 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.