THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IS REMINDING MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS TO CHECK THEIR PAYCHECKS FOR A RAISE. 

THE ILLINOIS MINIMUM WAGE ROSE FROM EIGHT DOLLARS 25 CENTS AN HOUR TO NINE 25 AN HOUR ON JANUARY FIRST AND WORKERS NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT THE INCREASE SAYS STATE LABOR DIRECTOR MICHAEL KLEINIK.

THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE IS NOW NINE DOLLARS AN 25 CENTS AND HOUR, AND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DIRECTOR MICHAEL KLEINIK SAYS WORKERS SHOULD MAKE SURE THEIR PAYSTUB REFLECTS THE CHANGE. HE REMINDS IT WILL ONLY BE FOR HOURS WORKED IN 2020.

THE ILLINOIS MINIMUM WAGE WILL GO UP AGAIN IN JULY, THEN EACH JANUARY UNTIL IT HITS 15 BUCKS AN HOUR IN 2025. TEEN WORKERS ARE ALSO GETTING A RAISE…AND WILL EVENTUALLY END UP AT 13 DOLLARS AN HOUR.