Ford settles sexual, racial harassment claims at Chicago plants for $10 million
Ford Motor Co. has agreed to pay up to $10.1 million to settle racial and sexual harassment claims at two Chicago-area plants, a move that could allow it to avoid...
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DeKalb, Rochelle are possible sites as Illinois pursues 4,000-job Toyota-Mazda plant
Illinois is among states in the running for a manufacturing plant that Japanese automakers Toyota and Mazda want to build in the U.S., with plans to hire as many as...
University of Chicago grad students to hold union vote
A group of about 2,500 University of Chicago graduate students have been cleared to proceed with a union vote, a victory for organizers after a long hearing in which the...
UPS agrees to $2 million settlement in disability discrimination lawsuit
UPS has agreed to pay a total of $2 million to nearly 90 current and former employees to resolve a national disability discrimination lawsuit that challenged the company's maximum leave...
Why remote working succeeds at some companies and not others
Marilu Arce loves her job, but for a time she considered leaving. The commute from her Mokena home to her downtown office, nearly two hours each way, meant her daughters...
Nearly 1,500 mass layoffs in Illinois in July, dominated by manufacturing
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic plans to lay off 185 people as it closes its Joliet distribution center, the largest mass layoff among nearly 1,500 upcoming job cuts Illinois employers reported...
Iliana Mora, advocate for working women, says change is happening, but ‘we have a lot further to go’
Iliana Mora says her 6-year-old daughter would follow her to work every day if she could. "She loves being with her mom," said Mora, who had little Stella in tow...
Freelance marketplace Upwork opens Chicago office, expects staff of 100
The massive freelancer site Upwork opened an office this week in Chicago that it expects will employ 100 people by the end of next year as it caters to continued...
Employers praise extra H-2B visas; critics say foreign workers take American jobs
When Ruben Chavez's landscaping company needed extra manpower this summer to lay patio and driveway pavers, it applied to hire temporary foreign workers through the government's controversial H-2B visa program....
Labor policy is in the midst of a shift under Trump
Whether you call it a weakening of worker protections or an easing of over-regulation, labor policy is in the midst of a shift under President Donald Trump's administration. A Senate...