Bill Text: IL HB5531 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Requires employers that use unpaid interns to report to the Department of Labor the number of unpaid interns utilized and the percentage of those interns that are offered and accept paid employment with the employer. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5531 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB5531-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB5531 Introduced , by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
820 ILCS 112/22 new
Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Requires employers that use unpaid interns to report to the Department of Labor the number of unpaid interns utilized and the percentage of those interns that are offered and accept paid employment with the employer. Effective immediately.
LRB101 19690 JLS 69183 b
A BILL FOR
HB5531 LRB101 19690 JLS 69183 b
AN ACT concerning employment.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Equal Pay Act of 2003 is amended by adding
Section 22 as follows:
(820 ILCS 112/22 new)
Sec. 22. Report of use of unpaid interns. An employer that
utilizes the services of unpaid interns shall report to the
Department annually on November 1 of each year the number of
unpaid interns utilized and the percentage of those interns
that are offered and accept paid employment with the employer
after the conclusion of the internship period. The report shall
cover the 12-month period ending on September 1 of the year the
report is filed.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.