Illinois Minimum Wage 2010

Do you know that Illinois minimum wage 2010 go up? According to federal state law and act history of Illinois, minimum wage increases to $8.25 an hour. Governor Quinn reminds Illinois employers and workers that the state’s minimum wage increases to $8.25 an hour starting on July 1, 2010. The increase in the minimum wage will help over 409,000 workers confront the rising cost of living and better afford basic necessities like groceries, gas, rent, childcare and medicine.

Illinois’ minimum wage rose to $7.50 an hour in July 2007, with automatic increases of 25 cents per year built in over the next three following years to $7.75 on July 1, 2008; $8.00 on July 1, 2009; and $8.25 on July 1, 2010. A higher minimum wage helps families earn above the national poverty level. This increase is the last automatic increase provided for by state law.

Raising the Illinois minimum wage 2010 to $8.25 an hour will generate an additional $520 in annual wages for a fulltime minimum wage worker, up to $17,160 per year. Additionally, full time minimum wage workers in Illinois will earn $2,080 more in annual wages than workers receiving the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

Regarding of new Illinois minimum wage 2010, the Department conducts investigations of businesses to help ensure compliance with the Minimum Wage Law. In 2009, it conducted over 1,500 investigations of alleged violations and collected over $1.4 million in underpaid wages to Illinois workers. Workers who are not receiving at least the minimum wage should call the IDOL hotline at 1-800-478-3998 to file a complaint.

For further information about Illinois minimum wage and law 2010, see the Governor’s Press Release.