As Democratic lawmakers renew their push to raise the state\u2019s minimum wage [to $10 in 2015 and $11 by 2017], there\u2019s a key sector of employers that finds itself stuck in the middle \u2014 nonprofit groups that care for some of the state\u2019s most vulnerable, including the elderly and disabled.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That\u2019s because while they\u2019d like to pay their workers more, many of those agencies receive the bulk of their funding from the state. Given Illinois\u2019 dire financial situation \u2014 which will only grow worse if portions of a temporary income tax increase expire as scheduled Jan. 1 \u2014 it means they could be on the hook for higher salaries without getting more money from the state to cover the additional costs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
One proposed amendment would require the state to automatically increase its payments to service providers to cover those providers\u2019 costs increases where due to the increase in the minimum wage. \u00a0Can the state do this? \u00a0Can the state (which is already habitually behind on its payments to these agencies, last in line behind unions and road contractors) afford to?<\/p>\n
In any case, the rhetoric of minimum wage increase supporters would have you believe that this is a non-issue, because, they say, that an increase will produce more productive employees, and their greater productivity will offset any costs employers face. \u00a0Not quite correct, eh?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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