A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
I just sold my last remaining businesses that were in IL., this one a quick lube. I have closed ten small businesses I operated in IL over the last 11 years and started new ventures in business friendly states. The last straws were this ridiculous marijuana laws that tell me I have to hire stoners and the new laws that expunge the criminal records of drug offenders. How can a cash business hire and promote people into management if you can;t screen fro people who are known law breakers and drug users. It is insane. Well it is not my… Read more »
Illinois Employers actually have a short to-do list: leave Illinois
1. The Illinois Workplace Transparency Act and Amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act (#MeToo Protections) ~~ Good in theory. Banning unilateral arbitration is good too. Arbitration has a bad rap but a lot of it is because many lawyers are unfamiliar with it and there is no right to appeal. But removing arbitration does subject employers to costly, frivolous claims. The metoo provisions are also good – no one should be able to sexually harass at will and then be protected by the company who pays off the accuser. But the sexual harassment training is too much, it’s a… Read more »