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Comms
Jun 18, 20241 min read
RAISING THE BAR : A Worker, Employer and Consumer Guide to Implementation of Chicago’s New One Fair Wage Ordinance
Starting July 1 the minimum wage for tipped workers will be $11.02. Your employer should always ensure that tips bring you from $11.02 to...
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Comms
May 24, 20241 min read
SMALL BUSINESS RESTAURANTS SUCCEED WITH ONE FAIR WAGE
Small business restaurants in Illinois are struggling to find staff in what is currently the most acute staffing crisis in the industry’s...
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Comms
Apr 3, 20241 min read
One Fair Wage For Illinois Tipped Workers
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $8.40 an hour in the state of Illinois. While Chicago passed legislation to end the...
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Comms
Aug 10, 20231 min read
Cook County IL Factsheet
THE SUBMINIMUM WAGE for tipped workers is $8.00 an hour in the state of Illinois, compared to the state’s full hourly minimum wage of...
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Comms
Sep 25, 20221 min read
Intentional Inequality Illinois
September 21, 2022 is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. This date represents the approximate time a Black woman must work into the new year to...
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Comms
Feb 7, 20221 min read
One Fair Wage: The Key To Saving The Illinois Restaurant Industry Post-COVID 19
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $6.60 an hour in the state of Illinois. A direct legacy of slavery, the subminimum...
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Comms
Feb 6, 20221 min read
Fact Sheet: The Key to Saving the Illinois Restaurant Industry Post-Covid 19
The subminimum wage for tipped workers is still just $6.60 an hour in the state of Illinois. A direct legacy of slavery, the subminimum...
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Comms
May 5, 20211 min read
Illinois: It’s a Wage Shortage, Not a Worker Shortage
Why Illinois Restaurant Workers Are Leaving the Industry, And What Would Make Them Stay The COVID-19 outbreak has had devastating impacts...
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Comms
Mar 6, 20211 min read
Illinois, It’s Time To End The Subminimum Wage
Illinois Brief on The Tipped Minimum Wage as a Gender Equity Issue There are over 200,000 tipped workers in Illinois. Over two-thirds of...
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Comms
Dec 6, 20201 min read
Take Your Mask Off So I Know How Much to Tip You
Illinois Service Workers Experience of Health & Harassment During Covid-19 COVID-19’s devastation of the service sector has been well...
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Comms
Aug 5, 20201 min read
A Persistent Legacy of Slavery
Ending the Subminimum Wage for Tipped Workers in Illinois as a Racial Equity Measure In 2020, both the COVID-19 pandemic and the...
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