August 15, 2019-What The Decisions Of Illinois Goodwill Say About Overall View On Disabled Workers

The state of Illinois is to raise its minimum rage from $8.25 to $9.25 by January of 2020, $10 by the next July, and then a dollar more each year until it reaches $15 by 2020. Although this seems to be a step in the right direction for workers’ equality, a certain population is going to take a fall because of it: employees with disabilities.Specifically, the President and CEO of Land of Lincoln Goodwill in Central Illinois, Sharon Durbin, told a dozen of the thrift store’s workers with disabilities that they’ll no longer receive paychecks as a result of the state’s new minimum wage. She also warned the remaining 11 disabled workers on payroll that their jobs are in danger as well. Read more