DES PLAINES, Ill. – Legislation backed by state Rep. Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines, to prevent employers from asking about a job applicants previous wage history in an effort to help close the salary gap that often disadvantages women was recently signed into law.“Equal...
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. Diane Pappas, D-Itasca, helped secure fair salaries for teachers and address the Illinois teacher shortage by passing legislation increasing their wages over the coming years.“Teachers fill some of the most important roles in our...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Camille Y. Lilly, D- Chicago, voted to prohibit an unfair practice that companies use to lock women into a lifetime of unfair pay, joining a bipartisan majority to toughen the state’s equal pay laws.“Women and men work equally hard and...
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...