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A new law aimed at strengthening legal protections for temp workers could help those who are subject to low pay and exploitation because of their employment status, advocates say.
For the last two decades, Brisa Chavez, of Cicero, has found work through staffing agencies. Like many immigrants, the single mother has been able to find work through temp agencies because they require less paperwork and less schooling than being hired by a company directly, she said. “Unfortunately, we are also more at risk of suffering abuse in the workplace,” she said. Chavez said she had ...
CHICAGO—Bags of clothing, rolled up and unrolled thin mattresses, pillows just purchased at a Family Dollar store, and blankets were all over the floors with children, women, and men crowded together under and on top of those blankets. The lucky ones had their heads on an available pillow.
Illinois workers rights groups claim children are working illegally in warehouses in Bolingbrook and they are pushing for laws to stop the practice and to protect whistleblowers.
The coalition’s initial proposal would cover all employers in Illinois and all employees who earn at least $1,600 annually. Paid leave would also apply to contract workers.