On August 13, 2023, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, which will require certain Illinois employers to include the pay scale and benefits information for a position in any job posting beginning January 1, 2025.
Illinois joins a growing crowd of jurisdictions that require employers to disclose pay in job postings, including California, Colorado, Hawaii (effective January 1, 2024), New York (effective September 17, 2023), New York City and Washington, along with several other localities. In addition, at the federal level, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced the Salary Transparency Act earlier this year in Congress, which would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to require employers to disclose wage ranges in job postings.
The Illinois pay disclosure law also adds to a recent surge of new compliance obligations for Illinois employers related to pay equity issues. In 2021, for example, the state again amended the Illinois Equal Pay Act’s equal pay reporting and compliance requirements, only a few months after the requirements were previously amended. See this December 2021 Cooley client alert for more information on the Illinois Equal Pay Act reporting and certification obligations.
This alert summarizes the main requirements and highlights key considerations under the Illinois pay disclosure law.
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