Chicago businesses reported the lowest recorded employment score since May 2009, according to the Chicago Business Barometer.

Each new year brings changes to Illinois employment laws, and 2026 will be no different. Here are six key employment law ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Illinois workers can now search on a website to see if unpaid wages and penalties are waiting for them to claim. By visiting the State Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ I-CASH ...

In 2025, Illinois boosted paid breaks for nursing mothers, NICU leave, and organ donation rights for part-time employees. Significant amendments to the Workplace Transparency Act will require new ...

CHICAGO — As she worked the campaign trail more than a year ago, Cook County state’s attorney hopeful Eileen O’Neill Burke made a promise to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. If elected, ...

ILLINOIS, USA — Labor unions are declaring victory in a closely contested fight to enshrine collective bargaining rights into the Illinois Constitution as the mathematical possibility for its defeat ...

CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois will partially enjoin the state from implementing new labor protections for temp workers in the state that were signed into law by the governor last year. The ...

Editor’s Note: This editorial is reprinted and lightly edited from the Daily Herald editorial of Aug. 29, 2019. A crackdown on child labor. Mine safety regulation and workers' compensation laws. An ...