Illinois
Illinois adds new requirements to job posting
(WIFR) – Almost 300 new laws ring in the new year including one that affects the way employers post open positions.
The Illinois Equal Pay Act, enacted in 2003, adds several amendments starting January 1st, 2025. Among these are laws that strengthen pay transparency and promotion posting requirements.
Businesses with 15 or more employees must include the salary range and a general description of the benefits and other compensation for open positions posted on job sites.
Additionally, employers must announce all promotion opportunities to all current employees no later than 14 days after posting externally.
Dave Vella, 68th District State Representative, hopes to put more money into residents with these amendments. He says this is an opportunity to empower the Illinois worker.
“As we saw from the last election, there’s a lot of discontented people who want the economy to change,” Vella says. “This is a way to change the economy is to get people paid better. Which is, I think is a good thing overall, for all of us.”
But 90th District State Representative John Cabello disagrees. He believes Illinois is acting as a nanny state and these changes will do little to nothing to boost the economy. Cabello adds that the beauty of our country exists in the free market that keeps the government out of personal business.
“If you can get the better-paying job, you’re probably going to go do that. And if you are one company that’s not paying the same amount, you’re probably going, “Why am I not getting better employees or more talented people?” Well, that’s probably because you need to raise your pay,” Cabello says.
On the other hand, Vella believes this is a step towards leveling the playing field between worker and employer. Besides worker empowerment, he says these amendments decrease gender and racial disparities.
“Women ask for less money for their job than men do. If we say how much the low end and the high end is, it will, I think give women more of a prompt to ask for more money so that there’s a pay equity,” Vella says.
You can check out the full amended Illinois Equal Pay Act here.
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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Multiple rounds of severe storms impacted central Illinois on Wednesday bringing damaging wind gusts and very heavy rain. Our area was sparred from the worst of the tornadoes, but areas south of I-72 were not so fortunate with damage to homes and injuries reported.
An outflow boundary from our morning storms struggled to get any further north than highway 136, which was about 30 miles south of what was anticipated early this morning. This kept the risk of strong tornadoes just south of our local region, though we still had plenty of rain and instances of large hail and gusty winds roll through central Illinois.
The worst of the wind came with the storms in the morning. As the severe storms moved through the area they produced measured gust of 60-70 mph with localized gusts estimated to be around 80 mph. The winds resulted in tree, powerline, and structural damage from Knox through McLean County.
Storm Reports
Galesburg – Tree and power line damage
Williamsfield – Roof partially torn off building
Princeville – Tree damage
Dunlap – 60 mph wind gust
Bellevue – 60 mph wind gust
Germantown Hills – Trees down
Roanoke – 60 mph wind gust
El Paso – Power poles snapped
El Paso – Multiple semis and campers rolled on I-39
Gidley – 70 mph wind gust
Chenoa – Semi rolled on I-55
Dunlap – 1.0″ size hail
Metamora – 1.0″ size hail
Armington – 1.0″ size hail
Rain reports
West Peoria – 4.37″
Lexington – 4.00″
West Peoria – 3.98″
Washington – 3.97″
East Peoria – 3.47″
Dunlap – 3.40″
Goodfield – 2.47″
Towanda – 2.43″
Peoria (PIA) – 2.24″
Lewistown – 2.20″
Galesburg – 1.84″
Chillicothe – 1.52″
Pontiac – 1.27″
Historic tree dating back to Abraham Lincoln damaged in Springfield
It may be the last living tree standing when Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in the Springfield neighborhood from 1844 to 1861.
More than 30,000 Illinois residents reported power outages Wednesday morning amid severe storms and destructive winds.
The National Weather Service forecast two rounds of severe weather throughout the day, issuing a tornado watch early Wednesday morning across central Illinois.
Where were power outages reported in Illinois?
More than 35,000 of the more than 5.8 million customers tracked on PowerOutage.com reported outages Wednesday, as of noon.
The majority of these outages were concentrated in west-central Illinois in Warren, Henderson and Woodford counties.
More than 93% of the customers tracked in Henderson County and nearly 60% of those in Warren County were impacted by outages.
Less widespread outages were also reported in DeKalb, Mercer, Knox, Menard, Jefferson and Gallatin counties.
Electric service company Amaren was by far the most impacted utility provider, followed Commonwealth Edison Company and Corn Belt Energy Corporation.
Illinois power outage map
Report power outages in Illinois
Illinois residents can report power outages in their area at PowerOutage.com.
Illinois power outage tracker
To track where power outages have been reported and where they have been restored, follow the USA Today power outage tracker.
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Central Illinois weather radar
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