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World Business Chicago CEO says city ‘built on the strength of immigrants’

June 5, 2018 at 2:15 a.m.

Jeff Malehorn, Chicago's chief salesman, could go on all day about what makes Chicago one of the world's top business cities. There's the talent produced by its many colleges and...

Apprentice Kai Steward, photographed April 17, 2017, started working in January at Aon in downtown Chicago. Apprentices work four days a week at Aon and spend one day taking classes at community college.

Apprenticeship programs increasingly put workers on track for jobs in finance

June 5, 2018 at 2:55 a.m.

Victor Gutierrez graduated from high school with a clear career goal: to become an actuary. What he didn't have was a clear path to get there. Juggling community college with...

Illinois unemployment dips below 5 percent for first time since 2007

June 5, 2018 at 3:30 a.m.

Illinois' unemployment rate fell below 5 percent last month for the first time in a decade, significantly narrowing its persistent gap with the national rate. The 4.9 percent March rate...

Michelle Gehring, a meeting planner, waits for President Donald Trump to speak at the Snap-on Inc. headquarters in Kenosha on April 18, 2017.

What we know about Trump’s ‘Buy American, Hire American’ plan

June 2, 2019 at 5:15 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that could restrict immigrant workers and foreign goods — though the steps outlined were modest and details were thin. Here's what we...

Ed Schubert, owner of Dairy Queen in Northbrook, recently testified at a House committee hearing on the proposed minimum wage increase, he is seen here at the Dairy Queen in Northbrook on Friday, April 7, 2017. With a staff comprised largely of entry-level teens, Ed thinks a hike to $15 is too rich for their experience level and may hurt teen employment prospects because employers like him wont' think them worth hiring.

Stakes are high for workers, businesses as Illinois considers minimum wage hike

June 5, 2018 at 5:28 a.m.

Business was slow one brisk spring morning at the Dairy Queen in suburban Northbrook. Bernadette Simpson, manning the Blizzard machine, churned an ice cream treat and then made a show...

President Donald Trump speaks during a strategic and policy discussion with CEOs in the State Department Library in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 11, 2017.

Economists, in letter to Trump, say immigration can boost growth, jobs, wages

August 21, 2019 at 10:56 p.m.

Nearly 1,500 economists of varied political persuasions signed an open letter to President Donald Trump and congressional leaders asserting the economic benefits of immigration. The letter, publicized Wednesday and signed...

Employers in the Midwest posted fewer job openings and made fewer hires in February but significantly reduced layoffs for the first time in several months, suggesting mixed success for the regional labor market in the early stages of the Trump administration.

Job postings, hiring activity, layoffs down in the Midwest during February

June 5, 2018 at 6:31 a.m.

Midwestern employers posted fewer job openings and made fewer hires in February but significantly reduced layoffs for the first time in several months, suggesting mixed success for the regional labor...

Shoppers browse the produce section at the Meijer store in Melrose Park in 2011. The store is set to close June 17.

2,500 Illinois layoffs reported to state in March, many from store closings

June 5, 2018 at 7:28 a.m.

A string of retail store closures drove Illinois past 2,500 mass layoff warnings last month. Meijer, Savers, and Strack and Van Til, which owns Ultra Foods, each announced the closures...

Cost of substance abuse hits employers hard, new tool shows

June 5, 2018 at 7:11 a.m.

As headlines scream about the ravages of the nation's growing opioid epidemic, employers are waking up to the notion that substance abuse may be wreaking havoc in a nearby cubicle...

Illinois $15 minimum wage clears House committee

June 5, 2018 at 8:11 a.m.

A proposal to slowly raise Illinois' minimum wage to $15 an hour cleared a House committee Wednesday despite business concerns. The House Labor and Commerce Committee voted 17 to 6...

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