CHICAGO, IL – Today, Equip for Equality filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Paddle Wheel Inn for its discriminatory termination of Donna Colvin, an employee with disabilities who needed t
CHICAGO, IL – Today, Equip for Equality filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Paddle Wheel Inn for its discriminatory termination of Donna Colvin, an employee with disabilities who needed to use oxygen in the workplace. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, Western Division.
Ms. Colvin was a front desk clerk at the Paddle Wheel Inn for four years. She has asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnea. As a result of these disabilities, her doctor recommended that she use oxygen at work. When Ms. Colvin told her employer about her doctor’s recommendation, she was terminated.
When most people take their first steps into the workforce, they do it in a minimum wage job. These positions are often entry-level. Meaning, they require few if any professional skills to begin in the field. They are particularly prevalent in specific sectors, including retail and food service, though they may also make their way into other industries. Understanding the minimum wage is crucial. It allows you to plan your career and manage your finances more effectively. As well as, determine if the compensation for a role feels fair. If you want to find out about the minimum wage in Illinois, as well as how the minimum wage works. Here’s what you need to know.
EDWARDSVILLE A flight nurse claims she was not paid for overtime despite working more than 40 hours per week.
Elizabeth Yarnell filed a complaint April 28 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Air Methods Corporation, alleging violation of the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, unjust enrichment and negligence.
Yarnell alleges in her complaint that while working as a nurse as a member of Air Methods medical flight crew, she was required to work two, 24-hour shifts each week. She claims her shifts were spent either working on an emergency call or staying at Air Methods facility. She claims she worked more than 40 hours per week. Yarnell claims she was not paid overtime pay despite working more than 40 hours and that Air Methods deducted eight hours out of each shift for sleep time unless it was interrupted, in violation of the Illinois Minimum Wage Law. She alleges she should be paid for hours worked, meaning all the time an employee is required to be on duty or on the emp
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EAST ST. LOUIS An Illinois-based real estate brokerage and its maintenance company are being sued for allegedly failing to pay workers overtime pay.
Kyle Jurcich, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed a complaint April 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Eastern Division against Christone Enterprises Inc., E.L.M. Construction Inc., Christopher Mendola P. and Christopher B. Mendola, alleging violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and violation of the Illinois Minimum Wage Law.
According to the suit, the defendants handle more than 13,000 rental units. Jurcich claims he was a full-time maintenance technician for the defendants from August 2016 through December 2016. He was paid various hourly rates of between $12 and $17 per hour for primary duties consisting of non-exempt manual labor and worked between five and 25 hours of overtime. He claims that he and other class
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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.”