Cook County and Chicago’s annual minimum wage increases go into effect on July 1, 2022. The Chicago minimum wage will increase to $15.40 per hour for employers with 21 or more employees and to $14.50 per hour for employers with 4-20 employees. The minimum wage for employees in suburban Cook County will also increase on July 1st to $13.35 per hour. The increases in suburban Cook County will not apply to suburbs that opted-out of the Cook County Minimum Wage Ordinance. If a suburb opted-out, the Illinois minimum wage applies.

With the increases in the Chicago and Cook County minimum wage, the minimum wage paid to tipped employees will also increase. In Chicago, the minimum wage paid to tipped employees will increase to $9.24 per hour for employers with 21 or more employees and $8.70 per hour for employers with 4-20 employees. The minimum wage for tipped employees in suburban Cook County will increase to $7.40 per hour. Again, this increase may not apply to suburbs that opted-out of the Cook County Minimum Wage Ordinance.

Employers must inform employees of these increases in writing. In addition, Chicago employers must provide all employees a notice of the minimum wage increases by July 31, 2022. Cook County’s minimum wage notice is here. These updated notices should also be posted with other legally-required posters.

Employers with tipped employees have additional notice obligations. Under federal law, employers must notify tipped employees that the employer is taking the...

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