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The entrance gate to Northwestern University at the corner of Sheridan Road and Chicago Avenue is seen April 29, 2016. The results of a faculty union vote at the school have been delayed by contested ballots.

Contested ballots thwart final result in Northwestern faculty union election

June 10, 2018 at 10:03 a.m.

A large number of contested ballots have delayed the results of a vote to determine if Northwestern University adjuncts and nontenure-eligible faculty members will form a union. A preliminary count...

Ban-the-box laws meant to prevent employers from reflexively rejecting applicants with criminal records may inadvertently worsen discrimination against black job candidates, a new study found.

Ban-the-box laws may worsen racial bias against black job candidates, study says

June 10, 2018 at 10:39 a.m.

Ban-the-box laws meant to prevent employers from reflexively rejecting applicants with criminal records may inadvertently worsen discrimination against black job candidates, a new study found. The findings point to troubling...

Lester Coney, left, executive vice president at Mesirow Financial, speaks with Donovan Hamlet, of New York, at a reception May 2, 2016, in Chicago. Hamlet was among nearly 175 young professionals who attended a three-day conference Mesirow hosted for the Robert Toigo Foundation, which offers fellowships to minority Master of Business Administration candidates.

Some financial firms tackle diversity gap head-on, say they can’t afford not to

June 10, 2018 at 10:50 a.m.

Natasha Granholm was a student at Robert Morris College when she got an unlikely foot in the door at PricewaterhouseCoopers. The accounting giant, which didn't typically recruit at Robert Morris,...

High-profile pay raises by firms can trigger job malaise at other companies

June 10, 2018 at 10:50 a.m.

When Starbucks and JPMorgan Chase this week separately revealed plans to raise worker pay, they were the most recent in a steady barrage of high-profile announcements of companies' human resources...

State: No unemployment benefits without posting resume

June 10, 2018 at 11:54 a.m.

People filing for unemployment insurance in Illinois will no longer be able to receive benefits unless they post a resume to the state's job search site. The Illinois Department of...

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says the upcoming pay raise is a move to keep the company "a retail employer of choice."

Starbucks announces higher pay, other worker perks; might one be purple hair?

June 10, 2018 at 11:01 a.m.

Starbucks workers soon will get pay raises of at least 5 percent, but will they also be allowed to sport hair color of their choosing? As employees reacted Monday to...

Karin Norington-Reaves, CEO of Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, in her Chicago office June 23, 2016. Her agency runs 10 workforce centers, which see some 120,000 people a year, and distributes federal workforce funds to 53 community organizations.

Cook County job training chief: $60 million budget not enough to meet need

June 10, 2018 at 12:31 p.m.

When Karin Norington-Reaves was asked to take over Cook County's beleaguered jobs training agency more than five years ago, her exact words, as she recalls, were: "Hell, no." What was...

GE Capital, Zebra Technologies among employers warning of layoffs in Illinois

June 11, 2018 at 9:45 p.m.

GE Capital is shedding 41 workers in its downtown Chicago office as part of the company's plan to exit financial services and focus on its industrial businesses. The job cuts...

Despite growing recognition of the importance of early education in kids' development and efforts to improve quality of care, there has been spotty progress in improving the quality of early childhood educators' jobs, a new report says.

Low pay, outdated ideas about field hurt early childhood educators: report

June 11, 2018 at 9:16 p.m.

Nearly half of child care workers in Illinois are part of families that rely on public assistance, according to a new report that calls for long-overdue action to improve the...

Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas are building a new $20 million training facility in Little Village that will provide training annually for 1,600 natural gas utility workers and will partner with Chicago Public Schools to prepare high school students for field jobs.

Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas to build $20M training center in Little Village

June 11, 2018 at 9:49 p.m.

With more than half of their field workers nearing retirement and massive modernization projects underway, Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas are building a new $20 million training facility in...

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