820 ILCS 110/ Equal Wage Act.

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820 ILCS 110/1

(820 ILCS 110/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 4a)

Sec. 1.

Any employer of 6 or more persons in this State engaged in the
manufacture of any article, who shall pay any person engaged in such
manufacture an unequal wage for equal work, by time or piece work, than is
being paid to any other person employed in such manufacture, shall be
guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less than $25 nor more
than $100; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prohibit
a variation in rates of pay based upon either difference in seniority,
experience, training, skill or ability, or difference in duties or services
performed (whether regularly or occasionally), or difference in
availability for other operations, or any other reasonable classification,
excepting difference in sex. Provided, further, that nothing herein
contained shall prohibit such variation where the same is authorized by a
contract between an employer and a recognized bargaining agent.

(Source: P.A. 78-843.)

820 ILCS 110/2

(820 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 4b)

Sec. 2.

Any action based upon or arising under this Act shall be
instituted within six months after the date of the alleged violation.

(Source: Laws 1943, vol. 1, p. 743.)

820 ILCS 110/3

(820 ILCS 110/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 4c)

Sec. 3.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the

Equal Wage Act.

(Source: P.A. 86-1324)