The unemployment rate in Illinois has dropped to its lowest point since July 2023. The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced the August rate of 4.4%, based on preliminary data from the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — New data shows the unemployment rate in the State of Illinois dropped slightly last month, even as the number of payroll jobs also fell. The Illinois Department of ...

Over-the-year job growth has been up for months in Springfield and Champaign, but unemployment is up in Decatur, based on August reports from the Illinois Department of Employment Security and the U.S ...

A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen confirmed that more than a thousand Arsenal workers are furloughed. KWQC reached out ...

Richard Lavers, DES deputy commissioner, told NH Business Review he’s not too concerned thus far about the 2025 uptick in ...

According to data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Employment Security, Illinois lost 9,900 nonfarm jobs in the year ending August 2025. The ...

Illinois agencies must identify spending reductions and create reserves in their budgets to prepare for an economic downturn, according to an executive order issued Tuesday by Gov. JB Pritzker.

Below are five considerations for employers with remote employees. What are reimbursable business-related expenses for remote ...

Robert Bruno, a professor at the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations, says the wrestling over ...

Federal health, homeland security, education, energy and Treasury Department workers received layoff notices on Friday, ...