Kathy Bergen

As cold and flu season begins to kick in, the Management Association of Illinois is getting the sweats and chills. The germ that is spawning its anxiety is an opinion...

Welcome to the new world, where medical insurance isn't a perk but a key way people measure the value of their jobs. Consider the contract approved this week by union...

Despite this being the age of automated teller machines and banking by computer, local banking companies are almost desperate for qualified teller candidates. The reason: tightness in the region's job...

Two years ago, Women Employed Institute, the research arm of the Chicago-based advocacy group for working women, urged the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to reinvent itself to more effectively...

Mike Coombs and his wife, Colleen, never thought that having triplets would prove to be a financial boon. And, of course, it's not. But the Coombses of west suburban Oak...

Heaven help the beer company that runs a commercial on a TV program a staff member of the Federal Trade Commission happens to be watching with his or her child....

Corporate snooping on rivals or foes is as old as business itself. Although it may be as innocent as overhearing a conversation at a restaurant or visiting a competitor's booth...

Gail Scott enjoys her job as a flight attendant for America West Airlines and says she finds most passengers to be "very, very nice." But she is no longer what...

The top two executives at the life insurance unit of Chicago-based CNA Financial Corp. have resigned under pressure after a company investigation into harassment allegations by two women employees at...