Chicago business owners paying higher wages in war for workers: survey – Crain’s*

Most owners of Chicago-area midsize businesses will pay their workers more this year, and nearly half will give employees more flexibility to work remotely as finding and retaining labor shapes as their top challenge. In the Chicago subset of a national survey, 67% already have increased wages or plan to in 2022. About 43% are offering workers more options on where they do their jobs.