IL SR0762

Designates April 20, 2010 as Pay Equity Day in the State of Illinois to raise awareness about wage inequality between men and women

Recognizes that women earn approximately 78 cents for every dollar earned by men, with this gap beginning within one year of college graduation

Notes that the gender pay gap has long-term effects on women's economic security, including Social Security earnings, retirement savings, and children's education funding

Acknowledges that Equal Pay Day, originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996, symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year

Affirms that pay equity is linked to poverty eradication and essential to maintaining a motivated workforce