Tipped employees earn 60% of the minimum wage (employers may claim credit for tips, up to 40% of wage) There is also a training wage for tipped employees. Chicago : $10.00 from July 1, 2015 and will increase to $13.00 by 2019. Unions are exempt from Chicago's minimum wage law.n April 2014, the U.S. Senate debated the Minimum Wage Fairness Act (S. 1737; 113th Congress) . The bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period.