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Democrats have vowed to continue pushing to raise the federal minimum wage to $15. Illinois already has beat them to the punch, but the federal proposal includes something Illinois’ minimum wage law doesn’t have.
Illinois Wesleyan professor emeritus Michael Seeborg said it goes beyond the $15 minimum wage. Once it climbs to $15, the federal minimum wage would be indexed to median wage growth, meaning it would automatically keep up with inflation.
“The nice thing about the federal proposal that isn t in the state plan is that once the $15 minimum is reached, then it will be adjusted upward every year, depending on what happens to median wages. So if the median wage increases by 5%, let s say, during the year nationally, then the minimum would be adjusted upward by 5% also,” said Seeborg. “So you wouldn t have to keep going back and reinventing the wheel and legislating.”
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Democrats have vowed to continue pushing to raise the federal minimum wage to $15. Illinois has already beat them to the punch, but the federal proposal includes something Illinois’ minimum wage law doesn’t have.
Illinois Wesleyan Professor Emeritus Michael Seeborg said it goes beyond the $15 minimum wage. Once it climbs up to $15, the minimum wage would be indexed to median wage growth, meaning it would automatically keep up with inflation.
“The nice thing about the federal proposal that isn t in the state plan is that once the $15 minimum is reached, then it will be adjusted upward every year, depending on what happens to median wages. So if the median wage increases by 5%, let s say, during the year nationally, then the minimum would be adjusted upward by 5% also,” said Seeborg. “So you wouldn t have to keep going back and reinventing the wheel and legislating.”
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EAST ST. LOUIS Former employees of the Gulf Shores Restaurant and Grill allege they often worked more than 50 hours a week without overtime compensation.
Dontay Williams, Torian Hopkins and Laquita Long filed a complaint Jan. 22 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against H & EDP Management LLC and Harry Parker, alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and Illinois Minimum Wage Law. The suit alleges Gulf Shores Restaurant and Grill is owned by the defendants.
According to the complaint, the plaintiffs are former kitchen staff employees of the Gulf Shores Restaurant and Grill and allegedly worked at least one workweek since Jan. 12, 2018. The plaintiffs allege they were paid on an hourly basis ranging from $12 to $16 per hour and regularly worked 50 to 55 hours or more a week without being compensated for overtime. They further allege that despite the defendants time keeping system recording their work