SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Diane Pappas, D-Itasca, recently voted in favor of legislation to help equalize wages for women by passing a bill out of the House that stops employers who use an applicant’s salary history to maintain unfair wage-gap practices. “Unequal...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, is sponsoring House Bill 834, which recently passed out of the Illinois House with overwhelming bipartisan support, and would bar employers from asking job candidates their salary history. “We know that...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, joined a bipartisan effort to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of legislation that cracks down on businesses engaging in wage discrimination. “It pains me to think that in today’s society my daughter may not be...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – As part of her efforts to help middle-class families, state Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, is sponsoring legislation to prevent future employers from inquiring about a potential employee’s past salary. “April 4 was Equal Pay Day and marked how far...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, is working to bring awareness to the issue of pay inequity between men and women by working to declare April 4 as “Pay Equity Day.” This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn the...