Bill Text: IL HR0220 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares March 24, 2021 as Equal Pay Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart [HR0220 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0220-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The future of our nation's productivity and
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| 3 | competitiveness in the global marketplace depends on the
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| 4 | success of all men and women; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Women have been discriminated against in
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| 6 | education, the workplace, and society as a whole; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Nationally, women working full time and year | ||||||
| 8 | round continue to earn no more than 82 cents on
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| 9 | compared to men working full time and year round; in Illinois, | ||||||
| 10 | women earn 81 cents on the dollar compared to men; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The wage gap is even greater for most women of | ||||||
| 12 | color; Black women earn 63 cents on the dollar, Native | ||||||
| 13 | American women earn 60 cents on the dollar, and Latina women | ||||||
| 14 | earn 55 cents on the dollar; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, By comparison, in 2020, women earned no more than | ||||||
| 16 | 80 cents on the dollar; women in Illinois earned 79 cents on | ||||||
| 17 | the dollar; Black women earned 61 cents on the dollar; Latina | ||||||
| 18 | women earned 53 cents on the dollar; women did not receive | ||||||
| 19 | equal pay for 12 months of work in 2019 until March 31, 2020; | ||||||
| 20 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The pay gap has been shown to start as soon as one
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| 2 | year after college; this inequality affects not only women but
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| 3 | also their families and society as a whole; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The pay gap between women and men has long-term
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| 5 | effects on women's economic security; such a gap affects
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| 6 | women's Social Security earnings, their ability to save for
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| 7 | retirement, and their children's education; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Pay equity is closely linked to the eradication | ||||||
| 9 | of
poverty and is essential to having a highly-motivated
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| 10 | workforce; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day was originated by the National
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| 12 | Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public awareness event to
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| 13 | illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages; the day | ||||||
| 14 | symbolizes how far into the year a woman
must work, on average, | ||||||
| 15 | to earn as much as a man earned the
previous year, with Tuesday | ||||||
| 16 | being the day in which women's
wages catch up to men's wages | ||||||
| 17 | from the previous week; because
women earn less on average | ||||||
| 18 | than men, they must work longer for
the same amount of pay; | ||||||
| 19 | this wage gap is even greater for most
women of color; although | ||||||
| 20 | Equal Pay Day represents all women, Black Women's Equal Pay | ||||||
| 21 | Day is August 3, 2021, Native American Women's Equal Pay Day is | ||||||
| 22 | September 8, 2021, and Latina Equal Pay Day is October 21, | ||||||
| 23 | 2021; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Equal pay is a priority for all women and for our
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| 2 | society at large; therefore, be it
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| 3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 4 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 5 | we declare March 24, 2021 as Equal Pay Day in the State of | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois in order to raise awareness about this endemic | ||||||
| 7 | inequity.
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