Dec. 26—DIXON — Several new laws affecting Illinois workplaces will go into effect on New Year's Day. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, the state minimum wage will increase from $14 to $15, and the ...

Many employers already provide some form of paid or unpaid leave for bereavement, but generally not anywhere near the 10 work days of leave that will now be required under Illinois law.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Illinois reformed its child labor laws last week, and politicians across the state are celebrating the new protection for workers younger than 18. The new law aims to ...

According to the Illinois Department of Labor, the state’s minimum wage in the new year will increase to $15 an hour, because of a law passed in 2019 that would increase the rate of pay until it ...

No one factor led to these new or revised laws, but in many cases the Illinois legislature felt that it needed to respond to certain political or social issues to extend protections to new classes of ...