On July 31, 2024, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into law Illinois Senate Bill 3649, or the Worker Freedom of Speech Act (WFSA), prohibiting employers from holding mandatory meetings to discuss company views on...more
8/14/2024
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Equal pay issues are becoming more prominent across the country, and significant new legislation in Illinois is worth noting (whether or not the company does business there). Joining Michael Schmidt to discuss the law and its...more
Last year, Illinois made sweeping amendments to its state Equal Pay Act (EPA). Governor J.B. Pritzker twice signed bills passed by the Illinois legislature — first on March 23, 2021, and then on June 25, 2021, (the EPA...more