Equal Pay Act of 2003: 2020 Annual report
The Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 (820 ILCS 112/1-90) (the Act) prohibits employers from paying unequal wages to men and women doing the same or substantially similar work, requiring equal skill, effort, responsibility and under similar working conditions; unless such wage difference is based upon a seniority system, merit system, a system measuring earnings by quantity or quality of production or factors other than gender.