In line with recently passed legislation in New York and California, Illinois’ legislature rallied to create a bill that would help increase employee protections by combating discrimination and harassment in the workplace. On June 2, 2019, the General Assembly, through bi-partisan efforts, passed S.B. 75, which created three new laws and amended others that relate to sexual harassment and discrimination. On August 9, 2019, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Public Act 101-0221 (hereinafter referred to as “S.B. 75”) into law, comprehensively re-shaping the landscape of sexual harassment and discrimination law in Illinois.
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