Women in the state of Illinois can now earn just as much as men who do the same or similar work thanks to the signing of a new bill by the state's governor.
The Illinois Equal Pay Act recently signed into to law by Gov. Rod Blagojevich expands the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 to give about 330,000 more women in the state protection from gender-based discrimination in pay.
According to the governor's office the law prohibits employers from paying men more than women for the ...