Illinois's No Salary History + Equal Pay

Illinois work net ^ | 10/9/2019 | Mike Madigan

[spintreebob]

Illinois's new No Salary History law went into effect on September 29th, which means that employers will no longer be allowed to ask job applicants for past wages during the hiring process. It's a huge victory for equal pay! The practice of using past pay to determine salary offers is a major contributing factor to the gender wage gap.

We want to make sure all of Illinois knows about this win for economic justice! So Women Employed has created a toolkit to help job applicants understand their rights, employers understand their responsibilities, and advocates spread the word. As a valued partner of Women Employed, we share a belief that women deserve equal opportunity at economic security and advancement for themselves, their families, and their communities. We want to make sure you have access to this toolkit to share with your personal and professional networks, as well as the communities you serve!

Included in the toolkit, you will find:

Resources for employers, to help them comply with the law and go further to advance pay equity. Resources for job seekers, to help them understand their new rights, and to give them tips on what to do if they are still asked for their salary history. Sample social media posts and language for e-newsletters and emails, to make it easy to spread the word! You can access the toolkit here:

[EVO X]

“I haven’t heard about State Farm and the 14,000 people. Do you have a source?”

State Farm is staying put in Illinois, but it doesn’t look like they are going to increase the number of employees in the state.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2017/05/05/state-farm-s-massive-cityline-campus-could-get-even-more-workers/

https://www.wglt.org/post/state-farm-move-employees-out-downtown-bloomington

[spintreebob]

I consulted to State Farm in Bloomington 2002 - 2012. About 2008 it was rumored and 2010 it was announced that State Farm would decentralize and open centers in GA, TX and AZ.
Since then State Farm has moved over 6,000 jobs to the Dunwoody suburb of Atlanta.

Probably more than 6,000 to Dallas. When you google State Farm in any city but Dallas, the agents come up. When I google Dallas, the Dallas corporate headquerters Jobs available and head hunting sties come up. They are desperately looking for employees in Dallas and Metro Atlanta.

Phoenix-Tempe headquarters probably has less employees than GA and TX.

One reason State Farm brought in so many of us consultants to Bloomington was that it would be easier to move consultant jobs out of Bloomington. Us consultants are more open to relocating than employees. When jobs and workers are leaving IL the demand and price for housing is depressed. Employees cling to that house far too long and never recover the value they had at the peak in 2007.