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Tuesday, May 8 U.S. employers advertised 6.6 million open jobs in March, the most on records dating back to December 2000, suggesting businesses want to staff up to meet |
| A survey from Project Time Off Coalition finds that workers increased their average annual time off by nearly half a day, to 17.2 days of vacation in 2017. |
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| Allstate and State Farm are among 25 companies named this year as the best organizations for multicultural women by Working Mother magazine, which recognized the companies' efforts in hiring, promoting and retaining women of color. |
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| Independent pharmacies across Illinois are, in particular, feeling squeezed by the expansion of Medicaid managed care, which pays lower rates for medications than traditional Medicaid. |
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| A Florida man is suing Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago for multiple alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, from improper grab bars in the restrooms to counters that were too tall at the hotel bar. |
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| The free "baby boxes" offered at St. Anthony's Hospital in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood have the goal of reducing infant mortality rates. It's similar to a decades-old effort in Finland. |
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| "To anybody under 60 years old, Nescafe is boring." |
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| We chatted with Bob Burns, the man behind TSA's hilarious and quirky, yet informative, Instagram account. |
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