Illinois minimum wage has increased to $11 an hour.
The Illinois Department of Labor is encouraging employees to watch their paychecks to ensure that time worked in 2021 is paid at the new rate.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation into law in 2019 providing a path to a $15 minimum wage by 2025. Minimum wage earners received two increases in 2020 to $9.25 an hour on Jan. 1 followed by an increase to $10 an hour on July 1. The minimum wage will continue to increase an additional $1 an hour each Jan. 1 until it reaches $15 an hour in 2025.
Prior to the 2020 increases, the last time Illinois increased its minimum wage was more than a decade ago in 2010 when it was raised to $8.25. Cook County has a higher minimum wage than the state, currently $13 an hour. The current city of Chicago minimum wage is $13.50 an hour for small employers (4 to 20 employees) and $14 an hour for large employers (21 or more employees).
Gov. JB Pritzker signs legislation that caps the out-of-pocket cost of prescription insulin for many people in Illinois during a ceremony Jan. 24, 2020, at the Central Counties Health Centers in Springfield. The law is one of only three that go into effect Jan. 1. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock)
Minimum wage increase to $11/hour will also be in effect
By SARAH MANSUR
smansur@capitolnewsillinois.com
When a new year begins in Illinois, there typically are dozens if not hundreds of new laws going into effect.
Not this year. Like so many other things in 2020, the legislative spring session was stunted by COVID-19. Once the global pandemic reached Illinois in March, the General Assembly would meet for only four more days wrapping up the odd session during masked and socially distanced gatherings at the Capitol and Bank of Springfield Center. The fall veto session was scrapped altogether.
Illinois Department of Labor Reminds Workers to Watch Their Wages
Illinoisans will ring in the New Year with an additional increase in the minimum wage to $11 an hour, and the Illinois Department of Labor is encouraging employees to watch their paychecks to ensure that time worked in 2021 is paid at the new rate.
Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation into law in 2019 providing a path to a $15 minimum wage by 2025. Minimum wage earners received two increases in 2020 to $9.25 an hour on January 1 followed by an increase to $10 an hour on July 1. The minimum wage will continue to increase an additional $1 an hour each January 1 until it reaches $15 an hour in 2025.
Illinois workers making minimum wage will see an increase in pay starting Friday
The Illinois Department of Labor is encouraging employees to ensure that time worked in 2021 is paid at the new rate.
Posted: Dec 31, 2020 3:46 PM
Posted By: Staff Report
The new rate is $11 per hour.
The Illinois Department of Labor is encouraging employees to ensure that time worked in 2021 is paid at the new rate.
In 2019, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation providing a path to a $15 minimum wage by 2025. It will continue to rise by $1 an hour each year until it reaches $15.
Workers who are under 18-years-old and work fewer than 650 hours in a year will also see an increase. Starting Friday, they will earn a minimum wage of $8.50 an hour.
Jan. 1 will ring in several new laws in Illinois although, because of the pandemic, significantly fewer than years past in addition to increasing the minimum wage employers can give their workers.
More than 250 new laws went into effect at the beginning of 2020. This coming year, there will be three.
Illinois lawmakers have been stymied by both COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings and also by existing laws. Because the Legislature cannot meet remotely, it was able to conduct business about four days this year.
That did give members the time to approve Senate Bill 667, which will cap many co-payments for prescription insulin at $100 for a 30-day supply, and House Bill 2818, which will provide the mechanism for victims of stalking or sexual assault to keep their addresses confidential. Also, House Bill 2708 will allow local law enforcement agencies to collect voluntary samples of DNA from the family members of missing people and submit them to the National Missing and Unidenti