Illinois unemployment rate up slightly despite job growth
Illinois job growth is on the upswing, but the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.7 percent in June and the size of the labor force continues to decline. The state...
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If Foxconn brings 10,000 jobs to southeastern Wisconsin, Illinois stands to benefit
Southeastern Wisconsin is in the running to land a behemoth electronics manufacturing facility that could bring 10,000 jobs, a potential game-changer for the region if the deal goes through. Taiwan-based...
More than half of Cook County jobs could be lost to automation, study finds
With automation threatening to upend half of American jobs in coming years, a new report examined which counties are most at risk of job loss and found that low-income communities...
Illinois companies, including Sam’s Club and Sears, warn off more than 500 job losses in June
The closures of an Aurora manufacturing plant, a Woodridge Sam's Club and another Chicago Savers thrift shop contributed to more than 500 layoffs reported to the state in June. Some...
For businesses, end of state budget impasse is ‘missed opportunity’ without relief
Illinois' bruising two-year run without a state budget is over, but business leaders are left feeling they got the short end of the stick: higher taxes with virtually none of...
In Chicago, many still struggle to find work despite healthy employment figures. Here’s why.
Randall Steger was on track for a comfortable life. He had a degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University, a career in IT consulting for the manufacturing industry, and, by...
Employers call new Cook County sick leave law an administrative nightmare
As paid sick leave laws go into effect Saturday in Chicago and Cook County, the souls tasked with implementing them keep repeating one refrain: administrative nightmare. "The intention was good,"...
Proposed Fair Workweek ordinance would mandate predictable schedules, stable paychecks
Chicago employers would have to give workers at least two weeks' notice of their schedules and pay them extra for last-minute changes under a proposed ordinance that will be introduced...
Chicago area’s record-low May unemployment rate masks slow job creation
The Chicago metro area posted another record-low unemployment rate in May, but experts caution that local job creation remains subpar compared with the national average and the seeming improvement in...
WhoaZone, ‘Ninja Warrior’ for water lovers, to open on Lake Michigan
Whiting, home of the Midwest's largest oil refinery, has a new claim to fame: home of the Midwest's largest floating playground. WhoaZone at Whihala Beach, just over the Illinois-Indiana border...