Hazard Pay Stimulus Illinois
Illinois minimum wage is 9 25 per hour and is scheduled to go up to 10 an hour on july 1 and to 15 per hour by 2025.
Hazard pay stimulus illinois. Up to 25 000 includes amounts. So for people who have been working during the period of 22 march until 14 may that would mean that less than 50k a year and working at least 200 hours qualifies for a hazardous pay rebate of 250. This is a 3 trillion stimulus package the heroes act and it specifically sets aside 200 billion for essential workers in the form of hazard pay.
Wmbd the illinois department of public health idph reported 3 385 new confirmed and probable cases of covid 19 and 50 new deaths in the state monday afternoon. The heroes act proposed by the house as its second stimulus proposal would allocate 200 billion for hazard pay the hazard pay would be set aside in a. Governor pritzker we are asking you to make sure all essential employees are entitled to a hazard pay of double our salaries or hourly pay for all of our hard work during hard and dangerous times as long as this statewide lockdown is in place.
Receiving hazard pay could help those families. The 25 000 hazard pay proposal calls for essential workers to be paid a 13 an hour hazard pay bonus until they receive up to 25 000 total in hazard pay.