Effective January 1, 2026, amendments to the Illinois Workplace Transparency Act (“WTA”) expand employer obligations and employee protections ...

The Illinois Workplace Transparency Act (“IWTA” or ​“Act”) provides protections to employees and non-employee contractors and consultants who ...

The The Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act comes as the RTA faced a budget gap of more than $200 million. State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without ...

Several states, including New York and California, have enacted laws to regulate private sector labor disputes due to the ...

Groups are pushing the state General Assembly to pass the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, as increased strain on ...

Both furloughed workers and so-called "excepted" government employees, who must continue to show up to work during the ...

Three workers who spoke with the Sun-Times said they haven’t been furloughed, but they’ve dealt with uncertainties and ...

SPRINGFIELD - The state's largest employee union filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday in its fight against Gov. Pat Quinn's decision to cancel a series of pay raises for 30,000 government workers.

Get live updates and the latest news as Trump concludes Asia trip after meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea and the government ...

Pratt & Whitney machinists voted to strike amid contract negotiations in May 2025. Contributed Photo. An employee of jet-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney’s Middletown facility is filing charges ...

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has been charged in a federal investigation into the ...