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Illinois
Beginning January 1, 2025, employers with fifteen or more employees are required to include a pay scale and benefits in job postings. In addition, within fourteen days after making an external job posting for a position, employers must announce, post, publish, or otherwise make known all opportunities for promotion to all current employees.
These job posting requirements apply to positions physically performed at least in part in Illinois and to positions reporting to a supervisor, office, or worksite in Illinois. Therefore, employers may need to include pay and benefits information for remote jobs.
“Pay scale and benefits” means “the wage or salary, or the wage or salary range, and a general description of the benefits and other compensation, including, but not limited to, bonuses, stock options, or other incentives the employer reasonably expects in good faith to offer for the position.” Employers can satisfy these requirements through a hyperlink to a publicly viewable webpage that includes the pay scale and the posting of a relevant and up-to-date general description of benefits in an easily accessible, central, public location on the employer’s...
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