If you're a federal employee affected by the government shutdown, understanding your rights to retroactive pay is crucial.

For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and ...

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

Illinois bill HB 4177 boosts workers’ comp burial aid to $10,000, up from $8,000, to match nearby states and cover higher ...

One study found that agricultural workers had more than 35 times the risk of heat-related deaths than other workers. But ...

CHICAGO — A multinational confection company will lay off 72 workers from its Chicago plant beginning next year. Ferrero USA, Inc. reported the layoffs as part of the Illinois Worker Adjustment and ...

MARTINTON, Illinois (WLWT) -- A grain bin elevator collapsed in Martinton, Illinois, on Wednesday, sending workers scrambling for safety. The incident happened just before 1 p.m. when the structure ...