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Illinois Right To Work Laws With 7.5 Percent Lower Wages In Hennepin
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That report concluded that wages were 3% to 9% lower in right-to-work states. There were two critical flaws in the report's calculations: it failed to account for state-level differences that would impact average wages and improperly calculated “standard errors.”
Hours and days of rest in every consecutive seven-day period. (a) Every employer shall allow every employee except those specified in this Section at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest in every consecutive seven-day period in addition to the regular period of rest allowed at the close of each working day.
Based on a federal court ruling November 15, 2024, the salary threshold to be overtime-exempt is now $35,568/yr ($684/week), reversing an increase implemented by the Department of Labor on July 1, 2024.
The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. Many states also have minimum wage laws. Some state laws provide greater employee protections; employers must comply with both.
Minimum wage in Illinois is $11.00 per hour for those individuals who are 18 years and older. There are exceptions.
Individual U.S. states set their own policies for state and local government employees (i.e. public sector employees). Twenty-eight states have right-to-work policies (either by statutes or by constitutional provision).
Douglas's analysis found, to the contrary, that right-to-work states have modestly higher average wages than non-right-to-work states. The study analyzes and reproduces the results from a widely cited 2015 Economic Policy Institute report. That report concluded that wages were 3% to 9% lower in right-to-work states.
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Douglas's analysis found, to the contrary, that right-to-work states have modestly higher average wages than non-right-to-work states. The study analyzes and reproduces the results from a widely cited 2015 Economic Policy Institute report. That report concluded that wages were 3% to 9% lower in right-to-work states.