Equal Pay Act of Illinois
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The Equal Pay Act of Illinois is a state law designed to eliminate wage discrimination by requiring that employees receive equal pay for substantially similar work regardless of gender or other protected characteristics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Equal Pay Act of Illinois canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13299655 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Equal Pay Act of Illinois Context triple: [Illinois Department of Labor, enforces, Equal Pay Act of Illinois]
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A.
Illinois Human Rights Act
The Illinois Human Rights Act is a state civil rights law that prohibits discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, public accommodations, and financial credit based on protected characteristics.
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B.
Equal Pay Act of 1963
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a U.S. federal law that prohibits wage discrimination based on sex, requiring that men and women receive equal pay for equal work.
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C.
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 is a U.S. federal law that restores and strengthens workers’ ability to challenge unequal pay by resetting the statute of limitations with each discriminatory paycheck.
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D.
Illinois state law
Illinois state law is the body of statutes and regulations enacted by the Illinois legislature and interpreted by its courts that govern civil, criminal, and administrative matters within the state.
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E.
Illinois Domestic Violence Act
The Illinois Domestic Violence Act is a state law that provides legal protections and remedies for victims of domestic violence, including orders of protection and related court procedures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Equal Pay Act of Illinois Target entity description: The Equal Pay Act of Illinois is a state law designed to eliminate wage discrimination by requiring that employees receive equal pay for substantially similar work regardless of gender or other protected characteristics.
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A.
Illinois Human Rights Act
The Illinois Human Rights Act is a state civil rights law that prohibits discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, public accommodations, and financial credit based on protected characteristics.
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B.
Equal Pay Act of 1963
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a U.S. federal law that prohibits wage discrimination based on sex, requiring that men and women receive equal pay for equal work.
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C.
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 is a U.S. federal law that restores and strengthens workers’ ability to challenge unequal pay by resetting the statute of limitations with each discriminatory paycheck.
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D.
Illinois state law
Illinois state law is the body of statutes and regulations enacted by the Illinois legislature and interpreted by its courts that govern civil, criminal, and administrative matters within the state.
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E.
Illinois Domestic Violence Act
The Illinois Domestic Violence Act is a state law that provides legal protections and remedies for victims of domestic violence, including orders of protection and related court procedures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
equal pay law
ⓘ
state labor law ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
promote pay equity
ⓘ
reduce gender pay gap ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
employees in Illinois
ⓘ
employers in Illinois ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Illinois Department of Labor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs | compensation practices of covered employers ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Illinois
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Illinois
|
| legalForm | statute ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Illinois state law ⓘ |
| partOf | Illinois employment law framework ⓘ |
| prohibits | paying employees differently for substantially similar work based on protected characteristics ⓘ |
| protectsAgainst |
gender-based wage discrimination
ⓘ
wage discrimination based on ethnicity ⓘ wage discrimination based on other protected characteristics ⓘ wage discrimination based on race ⓘ |
| purpose |
eliminate wage discrimination
ⓘ
ensure equal pay for substantially similar work ⓘ |
| regulates | wage practices ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Illinois Human Rights Act
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires | equal pay for substantially similar work ⓘ |
| sector | labor and employment ⓘ |
| subject |
civil rights in employment
ⓘ
employment discrimination ⓘ labor standards ⓘ |
| typeOfRegulation | anti-discrimination law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Equal Pay Act of Illinois Description of subject: The Equal Pay Act of Illinois is a state law designed to eliminate wage discrimination by requiring that employees receive equal pay for substantially similar work regardless of gender or other protected characteristics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.