Bernardi v. Village of North Pekin

This action was brought by the plaintiff, Illinois Department of Labor, in the name of its director, against the defendant village of North Pekin for back pay to four women police dispatchers. The Department contended, and correctly so, that during the period of December 1980 through December 1982 the dispatchers were never paid the minimum wage provided by the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 1001 et seq.). During the period in question the statutory minimum wage was $2.30 per hour. The dispatchers were paid at the rate of 60 cents per hour, 66 cents per hour, or…