Daily Document Update: HR Compliance Library, ¶45,917, Illinois Governor Pritzker signs $15 minimum wage into law - STATE LAW, (Feb. 21, 2019)

摘要

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed S.B. 1 on February 19, making Illinois the first state in the Midwest to phase in a $15 minimum wage over the next six years and giving workers their first raise in nearly a decade. According to a News Release, the historic legislation gives 1.4 million Illinoisans a hard-earned and welldeserved raise and provides small businesses and non-profits with a tax credit. After campaigning on a promise to put Springfield back on the side of working families, Governor Pritzker passed the bill in his first month in office.