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James Kinoshita, left, and Pamela Hutul have a meeting over lunch June 14, 2017, in the Wigwam dining room at the Union League Club in Chicago's Loop. The club has eased its weekday restrictions on jeans and now allows "dress denim" in the club's popular Rendezvous bar and adjacent lounges.

Social clubs wooing young members make updates and even — gasp — allow denim

June 3, 2018 at 9:34 p.m.

Those who have made the mistake of wearing jeans to the Union League Club of Chicago know the indignity of being forced to don a pair of ill-fitting, club-issued knit...

The Chicago skyline looms above the Berwyn Metra station in Berwyn, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016.

Illinois unemployment rate hits 4.6 percent in May, lowest in over 10 years

June 4, 2018 at 9:15 a.m.

Illinois' unemployment rate nudged down for the fourth straight month in May to 4.6 percent, the lowest level since February 2007. The state's unemployment rate, which measures those who are...

Nurse Chauncey Incarnato, 31, is photographed May 26, 2017, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Incarnato, a former college football player, is part of a small but growing contingent of men in health care jobs traditionally dominated by women. He works in the neurological trauma intensive care unit at the hospital.

As workforce bleeds men, health care jobs could be key to keeping them employed

June 4, 2018 at 4:24 p.m.

Chauncey Incarnato cycled through a variety of jobs after graduating from college: construction, personal trainer, hotel bellman, bouncer at bars. But none stuck, and even long workweeks barely covered his...

Chicago metro area hits record low unemployment in April

June 4, 2018 at 5:59 p.m.

The Chicago metro area hit record-low unemployment in April, but state officials highlighted sluggish job growth and declining labor force participation as no reason to celebrate. The unemployment rate for...

Michael Ferranti, head of people and performance for Kraft Heinz's U.S. commercial business, stands April 27, 2017, between photos of company founders James Lewis Kraft, left, and Henry John Heinz, at the company's offices inside the Aon Center in Chicago.

Working at Kraft Heinz means competition, cost-cutting, and for some, reward

June 4, 2018 at 5:42 p.m.

Certain kinds of people thrive at Kraft Heinz, one of the most ambitious and polarizing companies in the American food industry. They're the types who can keep their desk clutter-free...

Job fair connects transportation employers with Chicago youth

June 4, 2018 at 6:38 p.m.

LeadersUp, a nonprofit that connects employers struggling to fill positions with Chicago youths who are neither working nor in school, hosted a job fair Tuesday to expose young people to...

Homes on Prospect Avenue near 105th Street are seen in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood. A new report shows Illinois' middle class has shrunk over the last 40 years.

Illinois’ middle class shrank over the last 40 years. Here’s why.

June 4, 2018 at 6:27 p.m.

The decline of the middle class and rise of income inequality have been at the heart of the nation's economic storyline for years, and a new report attempts to quantify...

From paperboy to CEO: 3 Chicago execs reflect on their first jobs

June 4, 2018 at 6:52 p.m.

Summer is coming and so are summer jobs — though they're not as hot as they used to be. The share of 16- to 19-year-olds working or looking for work...

Navy Pier security officers with Teamsters Local 727 strike May 18, 2017, at the pier. The union says a new contractor plans to replace them with cheaper workers.

Navy Pier security guards strike over new contractor

June 4, 2018 at 7:52 p.m.

Navy Pier's security guards went on strike Thursday to protest a new security contractor the union says plans to replace them with workers making half their wage. Allied Universal, which...

BMO Harris Bank, in Batavia on May 12, 2013.

BMO Harris mistakenly sends some customers other customers’ account details

June 4, 2018 at 7:56 p.m.

BMO Harris is trying to determine how widespread a problem it has after it sent some customers not only their own tax forms, but also forms belonging to other bank...

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