Vetoed by Governor Bruce Rauner

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits employers from asking job candidates about their previous or current wages or salaries.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an employer from discriminating between employees on the basis of gender by paying wages to an employee at a rate less than that of another employee who is of the opposite gender and performs the same or substantially similar job, except when the payment is made under (Sec. 10):

• A seniority system;

• A merit system

• A system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or

• A differential based on any other factor other than gender or other unlawful discrimination.

• Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to sign a contract or waiver that would prohibit the employee from disclosing or discussing information about the employee’s wages (Sec. 10)

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits employers from asking job candidates about their previous or current wages or salaries.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an employer from discriminating between employees on the basis of gender by paying wages to an employee at a rate less than that of another employee who is of the opposite gender and performs the same or substantially similar job, except when the payment is made under (Sec. 10):

• A seniority system;

• A merit system

• A system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production; or

• A differential based on any other factor other than gender or other unlawful discrimination.

• Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to sign a contract or waiver that would prohibit the employee from disclosing or discussing information about the employee’s wages (Sec. 10)

Full Bill Text