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The Bloomington-Normal labor market added 1,400 jobs over the last year, but the unemployment rate still rose to more than 4%.
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The Paid Leave for All Workers act stipulates employers bank one hour for every 40 worked, up to 40 hours a year. Some businesses worry about what the law could do to their bottom line.
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The unemployment rate in Bloomington-Normal rose slightly over the last year, but it's still the lowest in Illinois at 3.4%.
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The jobless rate 4% is the Bloomington-Normal labor market. That's an improvement over the last few months, but still higher than a year ago.
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Heartland Community College is celebrating national apprenticeship week with a signing ceremony for new career training enrollees.
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A big part of job creation is developing more job creators. McLean County has seen a spike in new businesses. Now it's looking for more ways to help those startups grow.
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Some of Bloomington-Normal's largest employers have kept the hybrid work model going post-pandemic, if they weren't already offering something similar before.
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There is no single explanation for why Bloomington-Normal’s labor market is so crazy right now. But one employer hiring 7,500 workers in three years is the electric elephant in the room.
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WGLT's weeklong series The Next Shift begins with a look at why three McLean County workers changed jobs — and what it did for their take-home pay in this inflationary economy.
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The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, signed by the governor, set a timeline for phasing out fossil-fuel energy sources by 2050.