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(The Center Square) – Illinois employers are bracing for minimum-wage hikes, which may lead to more job cuts around the state. Illinois’ minimum wage is rising from $14 per hour to $15 on Jan ...
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ minimum wage is set to go up to $15 an hour beginning Jan. 1. Tipped wages will go to $9 an hour. Some want that to be abolished and for tipped workers to get ...
The upgraded pay would mean those receiving the state tipped wage of $8.40 would earn the state minimum wage of $15 starting Jan. 1, 2025. 'Pay your workers a living wage': Lawmakers consider ...
The bill would have amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period. [78] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House.
Before January 1, 2021, the Illinois Freedom to Work Act prohibited employers from entering into a covenant not to compete with Illinois employees earning the greater of (1) the hourly rate equal to the minimum wage required by the applicable federal, State, or local minimum wage law or (2) $13.00 per hour.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 requires a federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 but higher in 29 states and D.C., and discourages working weeks over 40 hours through time-and-a-half overtime pay. There are no federal laws, and few state laws, requiring paid holidays or paid family leave.
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
A state's minimum wage is the lowest legal hourly rate that an employer can pay full-time or part-time employees. What Is the Minimum Wage in Illinois? The current minimum wage in Illinois is $12 ...