Did you know? As of September 29th, 2019, No Salary History is the law in Illinois. This new law, an update to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, prohibits employers from seeking information about the current or past wages of job applicants. The new measure will help prevent pay discrimination in Illinois by ensuring new hires are paid based on the responsibilities of the job and the experience they bring to the table, not what they were paid in the past.
The impact of job-to-job pay discrimination is especially great for women of color, who often experience even larger wage gaps. Black women working in the U.S. make just 61 cents to a white man’s dollar. For Native women, it’s 58 cents. For Latinas, 53 cents. Over a career, a woman of color can lose over $1 million to the wage gap.
Women Employed, an organization that pursues equity for all women in the workforce, advocated for years for No Salary History, and in advance of the law’s effective date, they have created tools to help job seekers know their rights, employers understand their responsibilities, and to empower everyone to be an advocate for pay equity at work, in their communities, and with their elected officials.
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