IL Minimum wage increase proposed
I just heard this on the evening news, and it is almost making me sick. There are interest groups in the state that would like to have the minimum wage rate increase over the next four yrs and in the end, it would be $10.65\hr in 2014.
The governor’s office said they would review the legislation but wouldn’t commit to the idea of raising minimum wages. I was glad to read that, but if they do raise minimum wage to over $10\hr, what will businesses do with those PT or even FT employees that are currently making $10\hr or a couple of dollars above that? Will they have to give those employees a raise to compensate them?
Over the yrs, i have blogged several times on this subject, so i won’t go into detail on my thoughts here, but just give you links below to read them. I would just like to say, i really hope this does NOT happen. Not only will it costs the employer more to pay minimum wage workers, but they will need to do something to compensate those workers who are currently making that amount. I would sure not want to be making the same (or just slightly higher) as a person who is making minimum wage, who only works 1/3 of the time.
Here’s my previous posts on my thoughts about the IL minimum wage increase: