New Illinois Law Prohibits Asking Job Applicants for Salary History
On September 29, 2019, new amendments to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 went into effect.
Under the new amendments, employers and employment agencies can still ask you about your salary requirements or expectations. And if you are applying for a new job with your current employer, they can access and consider your salary history.
Beyond the above, there are important new restrictions about the use of salary histories in the hiring process….
How Not to Get a Job
What do a fragrance designer, New York City cop, bed-and-breakfast manager and youth hockey coach have in common?
Each of them recently applied for an account director position at my public relations firm, along with 500 others whose experience and skill sets ranged from vaguely on-point to off-the-charts irrelevant. Auto collections manager? Home health aide? Visual merchandiser? Count them all in.