With the state moving towards the $15 an hour wage law, some politicians are calling for a change in that law to help out areas that don’t have a high cost of living. State Senator Chuck Weaver has put forward a bill to help ease the stress of these pay wages in downstate Illinois. The minimum wage is moving over a 6 year period. Weaver says that when the bill was originally pushed it was pushed to be a regional minimum wage---not a state minimum wage.
Weaver says that Governor JB Pritzker should understand that local areas would know what a better minimum wage is, than Springfield would.
Weaver is concerned that motivation will shift if we have a flat rate minimum wage across the State.
The bill is currently on hold and waiting for assignment to a committee.