Illinois added a net 7,400 jobs last month, while the unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) reported Thursday.
Most states are spending less on K-12 education now than they did before the Great Recession. Illinois, however, is among the exceptions, according to a new report.
The U.S. economy added a less-than-expected 156,000 jobs in September, according to economists who had predicted jobs increasing by about 175,000 last month.
The Illinois unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent in August, while the state lost a net 8,200 jobs last month, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) reported last week.
As paid sick leave laws continue to gain traction across the United States, a recent report finds such policies to be a win-win for workers and their employers.
For its report, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) examined over a dozen scholarly and policy research articles covering the health, economic and social benefits of paid sick time.
“Seeing the research brought together, from a range of disciplines, makes a striking case for universal access to paid sick days as a low-cost strategy for improving health and economic well-being,” IWPR Vice President and Executive Director Barbara Gault said in a statement.
As paid sick leave laws continue to gain traction across the United States, a