(The Center Square) – The Illinois Senate voted to phase out the subminimum wage for workers with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

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Approved IL bill phases out subminimum wage for developmentally disabled workers

(The Center Square) – The Illinois Senate voted to phase out the subminimum wage for workers with developmental and intellectual disabilities.  The Dignity in Pay Act eliminates the federal waiver that allows companies to pay disabled adults subminimum wage. Supporters said it is wrong for some workers to be paid as low as 50 cents per hour. “To provide... The post Approved Illinois bill phases out subminimum wage for developmentally disabled wo…

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A long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying subminimum wage to workers with disabilities will soon head to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk after being approved by the Senate on Thursday.

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Bill to phase out subminimum wage for disabled workers clears General Assembly

(The Center Square) – The Illinois Senate voted to phase out the subminimum wage for workers with developmental and intellectual disabilities. The Dignity in Pay Act eliminates the federal waiver that allows companies to pay disabled adults subminimum wage. Supporters said it is wrong for some workers to be paid as low as 50 cents per hour. 
“To provide dignity to those who are disabled, to put a human face to say that those folks who are develo…

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying subminimum wage to workers with disabilities will soon head to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk after being approved by the Senate on Thursday.

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Sen. Cristina Castro, D-Elgin, discusses the Dignity in Pay Act in the Illinois Senate on Thursday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)  If signed by Pritzker, measure would end federal minimum wage exemption in Illinois by 2030 By BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com A long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying subminimum wage to workers with disabilities will soon head to Gov. JB…

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Capitol News Illinois A long-awaited bill to stop Illinois organizations from paying subminimum wage to workers with disabilities will soon head to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk after being approved by the Senate on Thursday. The Senate took a bipartisan 43-11 vote to pass the legislation that supporters dub the “Dignity in Pay Act.” “It is time to treat people with developmental disabilities the same and have them be paid what they’re w…

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