Minimum Wage Increase Takes Effect in Chicago
Via NBC 5 Chicago
Minimum wage employees in Chicago will begin earning $10 an hour Wednesday as the first part of a yearly incremental minimum wage increase takes effect in the city.
The $1.75 hourly bump is part of a plan aimed at raising the minimum wage in the city to $13 an hour by 2019.
Wednesday’s pay hike brings the minimum wage in Chicago up from Illinois’ $8.25 rate, which is already $1 higher than the federal rate. After that, the wage will go up by 50 cents in 2016 and 2017, and by $1 in 2018 and 2019. City officials estimate more than 400,000 Chicago workers will benefit.
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