As we reported a few weeks ago, in March of this year the state of Illinois made changes to its Illinois Equal Pay Act (ILEPA) that will require covered employers to begin reporting employee pay data to the state beginning in 2024. The new requirements are similar to both the since-discontinued EEO-1 “Component 2” reporting requirements and the California pay reporting requirements implemented earlier this year.
While some details of exactly how the compliance process is going to unfold have yet to be announced, the state legislature last month enacted some additional changes to the ILEPA that provide some clarification, including expanded reporting requirements, an accelerated timeline to come into compliance with the required “equal pay registration certification (EPRC),” and the elimination of a penalty amounting to 1% of a company’s gross profits for noncompliance.
We have conferred with senior officials at the EEOC about the filing errors, and they advise us that they are investigating.
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.