Unemployment rate for Chicago’s black youth improves: report
A new report on youth unemployment in Illinois offers some good news: The alarmingly high rate of young black men and women in Chicago who are neither working nor in...
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Split over plan to expand food stamp work requirements: ‘A good thing’ or ‘a recipe for disaster’
A plan to dramatically expand work requirements for recipients of food stamp benefits could put more than 500,000 adults in Illinois at risk of losing aid if they aren't employed...
Latino leadership nonprofit chief connects with mission though life experience
Every other summer during Patricia Mota's childhood, her family would pack the car for the long drive from Indiana to the ranch in Mexico where her father grew up. Those...
The boss makes how much? Illinois companies reveal CEO-to-worker pay ratio
Public companies for the first time this year must disclose how much more they pay their chief executive than their median employee, a rule born in the wake of the...
‘We did not sign up to work at a strip club’: Former servers allege sexual harassment at Twin Peaks ‘breastaurant’ in Orland Park
When Sarah Blaylock joined the staff of Twin Peaks in Orland Park, she signed an agreement that laid out the expectations for a "Twin Peaks Girl." She said she understood...
Chicago aldermen propose office to enforce city’s wage, sick time laws
A group of Chicago aldermen is proposing the creation of an Office of Labor Standards to better enforce city labor laws approved in recent years governing minimum wage, paid sick...
To boost gender pay equity, Emanuel bans city departments from asking job applicants for salary history
Applicants for jobs with the city of Chicago can no longer be asked about their salary history, part of a growing effort nationwide to improve pay equality between men and...
Toys R Us distribution center in Joliet to shed 180 workers
A Toys R Us distribution center in Joliet is laying off 180 employees as the storied retailer shuts its U.S. stores. The layoffs at the 671,040-square-foot distribution center are expected...
Equal Pay Day: as companies strive toward equal pay for women, wage gap remains ‘stuck’
As Equal Pay Day arrives Tuesday, any progress companies have made toward tackling pay disparities between male and female employees comes without much evidence of change on the statistical front....
Holes in federal law to protect insurance coverage put mentally ill at risk, advocates say
When his adopted son, then 10 years old, started to hear voices and act violently, Matthew Timion knew the boy needed psychiatric help. He did not realize how difficult it...