By: Marc R. Jacobs

As we previously reported, during his final hours in office, former Governor Pat Quinn issued an executive order establishing a minimum wage of $10,00 per hour for all Illinois state government contracts. On January 16, Governor Bruce Rauner issued Executive Order 15-11, which rescinded the increase in the minimum wage and several other executive orders
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By: Marc R. Jacobs

On January 12, 2015, during his final hours in office, and without any notice or fanfare, Pat Quinn issued Executive Order 7, establishing a minimum wage of $10.00 per hour for all Illinois state government contracts. The full text of the Executive Order is available here.

The Preamble of the Executive Order states that Illinois’
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