Evanston kicked off 2025 with the enforcement of new city ordinances, state laws and legal amendments, including the 294 ...

Time to study up, Illinois. As of New Year’s Day, 293 new state laws have taken effect. Those include some of the defining ...

As asylum seekers navigate the day labor sector, labor organizations are stepping in to help them advocate for their rights.

Generating Everlit Embed With the calendar’s turn to 2025, a number of new laws and changes have taken effect, both across ...

Illinois ranked near the bottom of the nation when it comes to wages for entry-level workers in 2024, according to ...

Workers across 21 states welcomed the new year by seeing their hourly minimum wages rise. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, a rate that has remained unchanged since July 2009. During his ...

Once ranked tops in the country for entry level wage growth over inflation, in 1935, Illinois has fallen to No. 39 compared ...

Since 2009, when the minimum wage was last raised, prices have increased around 40%. High costs are top of mind and Johnson ...

Illinois minimum wage is increasing on January, 1 st. Workers on hourly pay will see roughly a dollar increase, going from ...

Over 9.2 million workers across the U.S. will see their paychecks grow as the minimum wage rises in 21 states. The change — ...

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