ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. – State Rep. Sam Yingling, D-Grayslake, partnered with Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim to hold a Day of Action to demand equal pay for equal work. Yingling and Kim spoke to the crowd about the importance of equal pay before going out into the...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, D-Chicago, is highlighting a new equal pay law that outlaws historically discriminatory hiring practices that have locked women in a cycle of unequal and unfair pay.“It is a shame that some employers today use tactics to deny...
CHICAGO, Ill. – To help undo the effects of gender and racial discrimination, state Rep. Justin Slaughter, D-Chicago, recently supported a new law that will prohibit employers from engaging in practices that contribute to the gap in pay between women and their male...
CHICAGO – A proposal sponsored by state Rep. Yehiel “Mark” Kalish, D-Chicago, that fights wage discrimination by prohibiting employers from using unfair practices to force women and people of color into a lifetime of lower pay is now law.“My daughter and women across...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Camille Y. Lilly, D-Chicago, is demanding equal pay for women by introducing legislation banning corporations from using the unfair practice of requiring prospective employees to submit their salary history in order to lock women into a...