Public Act 098-1051
 
HB5563 EnrolledLRB098 17633 JLS 52746 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 changing 
Section 15 as follows:
 



    (820 ILCS 112/15)



    Sec. 15. Enforcement. 
    (a) The Director or his or her authorized
representative 
shall
administer and enforce the provisions of this Act. The 
Director of Labor shall
adopt rules
necessary to administer and 
enforce this Act.

    (b)  An employee or former employee may file a complaint 
with the
Department alleging a violation of this Act by 
submitting a signed, completed complaint form.  All complaints 
shall be filed with the Department within one year from the 
date of the underpayment. 
    (c) The Department has the power to conduct investigations 
in
connection with
the administration and enforcement of this 
Act and the authorized officers and
employees of the
Department 
are authorized to investigate and gather data regarding the 
wages,
hours, and other
conditions and practices of employment 
in any industry subject to this Act, and
may enter and
inspect 
such places and such records at reasonable times during regular

business hours, question
the employees and investigate the 
facts, conditions, practices, or matters as
he or she may deem

necessary or appropriate to determine whether any person has 
violated any
provision of this Act, or which may aid in the 
enforcement of this Act.

    (d) The Department may refer a complaint alleging a 
violation of this Act to the Department of Human Rights for 
investigation if the subject matter of the complaint also 
alleges a violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act and the 
Department of Human Rights has jurisdiction over the matter.  
When a complaint is referred to the Department of Human Rights 
under this subsection, the Department of Human Rights shall 
also file the complaint under the Illinois Human Rights Act and 
be the agency responsible for investigating the complaint. The 
Department shall review the Department of Human Rights' 
investigation and findings to determine whether a violation of 
this Act has occurred or whether further investigation by the 
Department is necessary and take any necessary or appropriate 
action required to enforce the provisions of this Act. The 
Director of Labor and the Department of Human rights shall 
adopt joint rules necessary to administer and enforce this 
subsection. 
(Source: P.A. 96-467, eff. 8-14-09.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
1, 2015.