The Illinois General Assembly had a busy year in 2024 drafting new legislation that was signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker and took effect on January 1, 2025. The following article summarizes important legal advancements in...more
4/15/2025
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In 2021, Illinois amended the Equal Pay Act of 2003 by adding a requirement that covered employers submit demographic and wage data to the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL). This requirement applied to private employers...more
2/26/2025
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On May 24, 2024, the Illinois General Assembly passed Senate Bill (SB) 3650, which amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (DTLSA). The amendments focus mainly on refining the equal pay and equal benefits provisions...more
On March 18, 2024, Judge Thomas M. Durkin, sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, entered a preliminary injunction order enjoining the director of the Illinois Department...more
It is expected that Governor J.B. Pritzker will sign the amendment into law. This will provide much-needed time for staffing agencies, and the companies that use them, to receive clarification from the Illinois Department of...more
Illinois has joined the wave of jurisdictions passing pay transparency requirements. On August 11, 2023, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law that will require employers to include pay ranges in job postings...more
The Illinois General Assembly, in May 2023, passed substantial amendments to the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (DTLSA). On August 4, 2023, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill (HB) 2862, and the amendments became...more
On May 19, 2023, the Illinois General Assembly passed substantial amendments to the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, 820 ILCS 175, through House Bill (HB) 2862. The amendments expand the rights of day and temporary...more
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker recently signed into law two bills addressing employee leave. The Family Bereavement Leave Act (FBLA) provides eligible employees with unpaid time off to grieve the death of a family member...more
The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) has, at long last, issued proposed rules implementing its equal pay registration certificate requirements. As a reminder, Illinois is setting deadlines for covered employers to apply...more
Our June 2019 article “discussed four new bills targeting equity, transparency, and discrimination, including the Workplace Transparency Act (WTA), which was awaiting the signature of Governor J.B. Pritzker. As expected,...more
9/11/2019
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On February 14, 2019, the Illinois legislature passed Senate Bill 0001 (SB0001), which amends the Illinois Minimum Wage Law and the Illinois Income Tax Act. Illinois’s minimum wage will increase from $8.25 per hour to $15.00...more