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Illinois Minimul Wage Up As of Wednesday
The minimum wage in Illinois is going up Wednesday. The 25 cent increase brings minimum wage earners to $8.00 per hour.

The increase in the minimum wage stands to help over 390,000 workers cope with the rising cost of living and pay for basic necessities like groceries, gas, rent, childcare and medicine.

Illinois raised its minimum wage to $7.50 an hour in July 2007, with automatic increases of 25 cents built in over the next three years to $7.75 on July 1, 2008; $8.00 on July 1, 2009; and $8.25 on July 1, 2010.

Raising the minimum wage to $8.00 an hour generates an additional $520 in annual wages for a full-time minimum wage worker -- up to $16,640 per year. The increase ensures that Illinois workers receiving the minimum wage will stay above the 2008 federal poverty level of $10,400 a year.

When the final rate of $8.25 per hour takes effect in 2010, the state will have helped boost the pay for minimum wage workers in Illinois by $3.10 per hour, or 60 percent in seven years.

The Illinois Department of Labor is also reminding Illinois workers that if they are not receiving at least the minimum wage, they should call the IDOL hotline at 1-800-478-3998 so the State can help them get the wages they’re owed.

(Illinois Radio Network)
06 30 09 by Newsroom
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