As anticipated, today Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the “Lifting Up Illinois Working Families Act,” under which the state’s minimum wage will increase to $15.00 per hour over the next six years. Under the law, the hourly minimum wage will increase to $9.25 on January 1, 2020; to $10.00 on July 1, 2020; to $11.00 on January 1, 2021; and an additional $1.00 per hour each January 1st thereafter, until reaching $15.00 on January 1, 2025.
More details about the new Illinois minimum wage law may be found here.
If you have any questions about the Illinois minimum wage law, or any other wage and hour questions, please contact the Jackson Lewis attorney(s) with whom you regularly work.