Bill Text: IL SB2694 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning enforcement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-07 - Re-referred to Assignments [SB2694 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB2694-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning employment.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Equal Pay Act of 2003 is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | (820 ILCS 112/15)
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| 7 | Sec. 15. Enforcement. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | (a) The
The Director or his or her authorized
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| 9 | representative shall
administer and enforce the provisions of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | this Act. The Director of Labor shall
adopt rules
necessary to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | administer and enforce this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | (b) An employee or former employee may file a complaint | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | with the
Department alleging a violation of this Act by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | submitting a signed, completed complaint form. All complaints | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | shall be filed with the Department within one year from the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | date of the underpayment. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | (c) The Department has the power to conduct investigations | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | in
connection with
the administration and enforcement of this | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Act and the authorized officers and
employees of the
Department | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | are authorized to investigate and gather data regarding the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | wages,
hours, and other
conditions and practices of employment | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | in any industry subject to this Act, and
may enter and
inspect | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | such places and such records at reasonable times during regular
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| 1 | business hours, question
the employees and investigate the | ||||||
| 2 | facts, conditions, practices, or matters as
he or she may deem
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| 3 | necessary or appropriate to determine whether any person has | ||||||
| 4 | violated any
provision of this Act, or which may aid in the | ||||||
| 5 | enforcement of this Act.
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| 6 | (d) The Department may refer a complaint alleging a | ||||||
| 7 | violation of this Act to the Department of Human Rights for | ||||||
| 8 | investigation if the subject matter of the complaint also | ||||||
| 9 | alleges a violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act and the | ||||||
| 10 | Department of Human Rights has jurisdiction over the matter. | ||||||
| 11 | When a complaint is referred to the Department of Human Rights | ||||||
| 12 | under this subsection, the Department of Human Rights shall | ||||||
| 13 | also file the complaint under the Illinois Human Rights Act and | ||||||
| 14 | be the agency responsible for investigating the complaint. The | ||||||
| 15 | Department shall review the Department of Human Rights' | ||||||
| 16 | investigation and findings to determine whether a violation of | ||||||
| 17 | this Act has occurred or whether further investigation by the | ||||||
| 18 | Department is necessary and take any necessary or appropriate | ||||||
| 19 | action required to enforce the provisions of this Act. The | ||||||
| 20 | Director of Labor and the Department of Human Rights shall | ||||||
| 21 | adopt joint rules necessary to administer and enforce this | ||||||
| 22 | subsection. | ||||||
| 23 | (Source: P.A. 98-1051, eff. 1-1-15.)
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