People Ex Rel. Department of Labor v. 2000 W. Madison Liquor Corp.

Following a bench trial, defendant Main Street Liquors was found to be in violation of the Equal Pay Act of 2003 (the Act) (820 ILCS 112/1 et seq. (West 2006)) for paying a female employee, Mary Arrington, less than a male employee for substantially similar work. Main Street Liquors was ordered to pay Arrington $4,061.25 in back wages. Main Street Liquors now appeals and argues that the trial court’s judgment was against the manifest weight of the evidence and that Arrington failed to establish her claims by a reasonable inference. For the foregoing reasons, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Mary Arrington…