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Attorneys Vow To Appeal Judge's State Employee Salary Ruling

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Several attorneys are vowing to appeal a judge’s decision that would force the state to pay Illinois workers minimum wage instead of their normal salary.

A Cook County judge ruled that if state lawmakers can’t agree on a spending plan - then the person who signs the paychecks lacks the authority to do her job.

That would be Comptroller Leslie Munger, and her office is appealing the ruling.

The agency that processes pay says it’ll take up to a year to change all the employees’ salaries in the state’s outdated computer accounting systems.

Labor unions are also vowing to appeal - saying the decision goes against previous rulings when there’s been a budget impasse between Republicans and Democrats.

In the meantime, the House of Representatives could take up a measure today that would give some money to agencies for one month. But a similar bill failed last week.

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