Illinois prepared to give $2B in tax breaks, incentives to Amazon for HQ2

By Brendan Bakala

10/20/2017

WTTW has reported that Illinois, Cook County and Chicago are poised to offer Amazon $2 billion to lure the company’s second North American headquarters to the region.

TAGS: Amazon, Bruce Rauner, EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, Rahm Emanuel

September jobs report: Declining job prospects and a shrinking labor force

By Orphe Divounguy

10/20/2017

Illinois lost 10,800 jobs on net over the month, and the state continues to experience labor force dropout.

TAGS: IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security, jobs, labor force participation rate, unemployment

Illinois loses out on new Toyota-Mazda factory

By Brendan Bakala

10/19/2017

A factory expected to employ 4,000 workers will not be coming to Illinois. Intersect Illinois cites the lack of a statewide Right-to-Work law and a dearth of shovel-ready sites as the main culprits.

TAGS: jobs, right to work, workers compensation

Walgreens to add 300 jobs to Chicago tech office and expand space

By Brendan Bakala

10/18/2017

The jobs will be a combination of new hires and transferred workers from Walgreen’s headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois.

TAGS: Chicago, jobs

Illinois employers flooded with class-action lawsuits stemming from biometric privacy law

By Amy Korte

10/17/2017

In 2017, increasing numbers of employees have sued their employers for alleged violations of Illinois’ biometric privacy law through the use of fingerprint-operated time clocks.

TAGS: BIPA: Biometric Information Privacy Act, regulations

Haribo to create 55 new jobs in Rosemont for $1.67M in EDGE tax breaks

By Brendan Bakala

10/16/2017

Under its agreement with the state of Illinois, the candy company Haribo of America will bring 25 new jobs to its Rosemont headquarters by October 2018, followed by another 30 by October 2021.

TAGS: EDGE: Economic Development for a Growing Economy, jobs, Rosemont