Illinois has just proposed a $15 minimum law; however, this legislation does not promise higher wages for workers with disabilities. Federal labor law allows some businesses to pay workers with disabilities less than the minimum wage. In Illinois, some workers earn less than $1 per hour. Lawmakers would like to change this by no longer allowing the 14(c) certification that enables employers to pay subminimum wages. In doing so, lawmakers believe that more than 10,000 workers with disabilities would benefit from increased wages.
See "Workers With Disabilities Still Face Subminimum Wages", Dana Vollmer, NPR Illinois, March 20, 2019