Industry Note:
State To Give Home Care Workers Back Pay
Published on Fri Jun 28, 2019
At press time, more than 49,000 Illinois home care workers were scheduled to get back pay based on a raise that was approved in 2017 by state lawmakers, but was never implemented. Lawmakers approved a 48-cents-an-hour raise for home care workers two years ago, but former Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) refused to pay it, even after courts ruled the raises [...]