2006 Chicago Big Box Living Wage and Benefits Ordinance

This ordinance requires all large retail employers to provide employees an hourly compensation package with a total value of no less than the sum of the living wage rate and the benefits rate for each hour that the employee works on the premises of a large retailer. Beginning on July 1st, 2007, the living wage rate shall be $9.25 and the benefits rate is $1.50; the two shall increase yearly by the increase in the cost of living. This ordinance also outlines how this will be implemented and enforced, and emphasizes nondiscrimination in carrying these policies out.