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SPRINGFIELD, IL (ILLINOIS POLICY) -- No work, no pay: That’s the intent of a bill proposed by Illinois state Rep. Mike Murphy, R-Springfield, that would ensure lawmakers are only paid for days they actually work, according to WCIA-TV. Murphy introduced the bill in January, but it has not seen...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois workers will no longer have to disclose their salary history to employers under a new state law. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law barring employers from asking job applicants how much they made in previous jobs. Illinois lawmakers passed two previous versions of...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials with Washington University in St. Louis have announced that campus staff will be paid a $15-an-hour minimum wage by 2021. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the raise, which was pushed by campus employees’ union, affects close to 1,200 workers, but does not include...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — More than 49,000 employees of the Illinois Department of Human Services who provide home health care will get long-overdue backpay this week. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Monday that her office will release the $30.7 million in back wages to the Department of...

Workers making federal minimum wage could see their salaries double in the next five years. That is if House Democrats get their way. The House Committee on Education and Labor on Wednesday advanced a bill to raise the U.S. wage minimum from $7.25 to $15 per hour by 2024. However, before the...