December 30, 2019 - IPM Newsroom

Politics

State Minimum Wage Increases January 1

ByIPM News December 30, 2019January 6, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – The minimum wage in Illinois is about to go up by a dollar. According to the Illinois Department of Labor, it will be $9.25 per hour on January 1, 2020. It will rise to $10 per hour on July 1, 2020. State lawmakers approved the wage hike in February, and it’s the first…

Health

What Employers And Workers Need To Know About Legal Recreational Marijuana In Illinois

ByIPM News December 30, 2019December 26, 2019

BELLEVILLE — Ahead of the new year, local businesses and employers across Illinois are trying to determine how legal recreational marijuana will impact them. The law change, which came only six months ago, is forcing many employers to rethink how their workplaces handle drug policy and testing. Lawmakers in Springfield wrote parts of the Cannabis…