Minimum Wage

Your local restaurants will be impacted directly if lawmakers in Illinois decide to pass a new bill that the Illinois Restaurant Association disagrees with. Here are the details...

Maybe you've heard it said that the more things change, the more they stay the same. That's not completely true for many new laws are about to go into effect in Missouri as of January 1, 2024.

Once again a new year in Illinois will bring a new increase to the minimum wage in the Land of Lincoln. What is the minimum wage going up to in 2024, and will it have an impact on small businesses in your community?

Within the next month, you will start to see more money on your regular paychecks if you are working in this part of the Land of Lincoln...

With the new year of 2022 upon us, there are a number of new laws going into effect in Missouri come January 1.

Another step will be taken in Illinois to get the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, the minimum wage will increase once again at the start of 2022.

The Minimum wage in the Show-Me state will jump 85 cents on January 1, 2020.

Illinois’ minimum wage of $8.25 has been that way since 2008. So we know how the Illinois Chamber of Commerce feels on the issue what about you?

The United States Senate voted down Wednesday a proposal backed by President Obama to increase the minimum wage nationwide from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour in three steps, concluding in 2016. In an election-year showdown over a Democratic priority, raising the federal minimum wage to $10...

The rules of tipping in restaurants vary depending on what nation and culture you are a part of. Here in the United States 15% is considered an average tip for average service. What most people don’t realize is that waitresses and waiters are NOT paid minimum wage.