July 1st     No General Meeting

July 7th     Multi-Chamber Networking Event: Colletti's

July 21st   Chicago Dogs Outing

July 28th   Board Meeting

Aug 2nd    National Night Out (Mark your calendar)

Aug 5th     General Meeting

Aug 22nd  Golf Outing

Join us at Colletti's restaurant for our annual Multi-Chamber After Hours Business Networking event. Enjoy drink specials, complimentary appetizers and plenty of networking out on the patio. Members and guests of 8 organizations participate in this event each year. This is a great opportunity to promote your business.

Bring your family, friends, neighbors, and/or co-workers for a fun night of baseball.

Join us for a pre-game party at Murray Bros. Caddy Shack with appetizers & drink specials from 4:30pm to 6pm.

Stay for the fireworks after the game and the possibility of getting on the field for a group photo.

Another fun-filled day with the Gladstone Park and Edgebrook Sauganash Chambers of Commerce. Join us for golf, beverages, food, & fun!

You don't have to be a professional golfer. Just come and enjoy the day playing golf. Bring a foursome or sign up as an individual and we will pair you with other individuals.

This outing is always a Blast!

We are looking for wonderful businesses like yours to help us make this a successful outing. We have several sponsorships available to make this happen. This is a great opportunity to promote your business while supporting the Chambers.

Minimum Wage & Fair Workweek:

The annual scheduled increase in Chicago’s minimum wage and a scheduled enhancement of the Fair Workweek ordinance requirements will go into effect on Friday, July 1, 2022.

The Chicago minimum wage is tiered for large businesses with 21 or more employees, and small businesses with 4-20 employees. The minimum wage for larger employees increases annually according to the Consumer Price Index or 2.5%, whichever is lower, since reaching $15 per hour in 2021. The minimum wage for small businesses continues to increase towards $15 per hour by 2023.

As of July 1, 2022, the Chicago minimum wage will be:

·    $15.40 for employers with 21 or more employees (including all domestic workers, regardless of the number employed)

·   $14.50 for employers with 4-20 employees

·   The minimum wage for tipped employees will be $9.24 for employers with 21 or more employees, and $8.70 for employers with 4-20 employees (employers must make up the difference between any tips received and the applicable minimum wage for non-tipped workers.)

As of July 1, 2022, scheduled enhancements to the Fair Workweek Ordinance will require:

·   Employers in covered industries to post work schedules with at least 14 days’ notice, an increase from the previous 10 days’ notice.

·   Employees will need to earn less than $29.35 per hour or $56,381.85 per year to gain protection under the Fair Workweek Ordinance.

·   Covered industries include building services, healthcare, hotel, manufacturing, restaurant, retail, or warehouse services.

The Chicago minimum wage also applies to Subsidized Temporary Youth Employment Programs like those catering to Chicago’s youth looking for summer employment opportunities. Anyone age 24 or younger employed by, or engaged in employment coordinated by, a nonprofit organization or government agency will see a minimum wage increase to $12.00 on July 1, 2022.

The BACP Office of Labor Standards webpage offers informational materials on Chicago’s Labor Standards Laws. Chicago businesses are required to post the Minimum Wage Notice and Fair Workweek Notice at their business. The notices will be available to workers and business owners in English, Spanish, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Tagalog, and Korean by July 1, 2022. Employers that violate the minimum wage ordinance can be fined $500 to $1,000 per day for each offense.

Chicago’s minimum wage increases each July 1st. Employers that maintain a business facility within the City of Chicago or are required to obtain a business license to operate in the City are required to pay their employees at least the Chicago minimum wage. Additionally, any employee that works two hours or more in the City within a two-week period must also receive at least the Chicago minimum wage.

To learn about Chicago’s labor laws, visit Chicago.gov/LaborStandards.

Sexual Harassment Laws:

Chicago's Sexual Harassment Laws have been amended to make them stronger and to uphold zero tolerance of violence and harassment in the workplace.

The written policy written notice,and required training components of the ordinance go into effect Friday, July 1, 2022. A model policy, written notice, and training templates are available by visiting Chicago.gov/SexualHarassment.

Overall, the enhancements include:

·   Adding sexual misconduct to the definition. Sexual misconduct is defined as any behavior of a sexual nature which also involves coercion, abuse of authority, or misuse of an individual’s employment position.

·   Requiring all employers to have a written policy on sexual harassment. The written policy must be available in the employee's primary language within the first calendar week of starting employment.

·   Requiring all employers to post written notice on sexual harassment.

·   Increasing the statute of limitations from 300 to 365 days.

·   Create flexibility to notify a respondent up to 30 days from the time of complaint (compared to 10 days currently), to mitigate any retaliation such as denial of a reasonable accommodation request.

·   Requiring additional annual training for all employees including the one hour of prevention training aligned with State requirements and one hour of bystander intervention. Supervisors and managers are required to have an additional one hour of training.

·   Increasing the penalty for individuals or businesses that participate in discriminatory practices in the workplace including sexual harassment. The penalty is increasing from $500 - $1,000 per violation to $5,000 to $10,000.

If anyone has experienced sexual harassment, they can file a complaint with CCHR by visiting the CCHR office at 740 N. Sedgwick, Suite 400, by electronic filing, e-mail (cchrfilings@cityofchicago.org), or by fax (312-744-1081). Interpretation services are available.