Learn to stop worrying and love the office holiday party
Jingle bells, mingle hell. For people averse to small talk, the season's parade of parties is no gift at all, particularly those involving an open bar, mistletoe and a room...
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Illinois unemployment rate rises slightly
Illinois' unemployment rate ticked up in November as more people returned to the labor force looking for work. At 5.7 percent, the November unemployment rate is up slightly from 5.4...
Is your boss a Grinch? Here’s how employers treat workers during the holidays.
Nearly half of employers plan to give their workers Christmas Eve as a paid day off, according to a new survey — one of several findings employees can use to...
Employers tighten drug policies in face of pot legalization
The push to legalize marijuana is not causing employers to mellow out. More than a third of employers that have modified their drug policies in response to new pot laws...
Police officers lose BlackBerry overtime lawsuit
A federal judge ruled against a group of Chicago police officers who claimed unwritten rules discouraged them from filing for overtime for off-duty work performed on their BlackBerrys. In a...
In lieu of a holiday fruit basket, company gives $500 and a challenge
Each year in the runup to the holidays, Michael McGuire, CEO of Chicago-based 88 Brand Partners, gathers together some employees from his firm to think up gifts to send to...
University of Chicago nontenured faculty votes to form union
A group of nontenured instructors at the University of Chicago has voted to form a union, adding a prestigious name to a swelling national movement to bring organized labor to...
Coca-Cola, union agree to federal mediation as strike continues
The union representing striking Coca-Cola workers accepted the company's offer for federal mediation, even as it shot back at a letter the beverage giant mailed to employees defending the company's...
Rauner signs bill giving seniors full unemployment benefits
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill Friday that expands the list of offenses that make terminated workers ineligible to get unemployment benefits while restoring benefits to laid-off senior citizens...
Coca-Cola workers at 2 plants go on strike
Coca-Cola workers at two Chicago-area production plants went on strike Thursday morning to protest unfair labor practices including stall tactics and intimidation as they try to hash out a new...