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Developer of former Dean Foods plant in Huntley seeking permit to keep trucks at site
Upgrades planned for McHenry's last suburban drive-in
Mondelez acquires bakery company Give & Go
Family-owned Toms Price continues to thrive through more than a century
- ManufacturingSara Lee Frozen Bakery acquires Cyrus O'Leary's Pies
- TechnologyLaSalle Solutions partners with racing team
- ManufacturingIDEX COO adds duties of president
- TransportationElk Grove asks Cook County to ban taller fences at unincorporated truck lot
- NewsDespite opposition, DuPage County approves 84 houses on Planter's Palette site
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Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto: Is AI the future of HR?Even if you didn't grow up in the 1980s, you probably know at least some of the lyrics to the Styx classic "Mr. Roboto." For example, you may be familiar with this line: "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, for doing the jobs that nobody wants to." Dennis DeYoung, the prescient Styx songwriter, was interviewed by Billboard magazine last July about the fact that the band had recently added Mr. Roboto back into its concert play list for the first time in 35 years. DeYoung said the band had begun playing the song again because fans as young as 12 years old have been requesting it during virtually every recent concert. The same summer that Styx was adding "Mr. Roboto" back to its set list, Fast Company business magazine ran a story entitled, "How to Nail an Interview with a Chatbot." The HR lawyer in me believes these stories are related, and they are saying something important about the direction of our culture and about HR. AI may be the future of HR, but it may not be as easy as we think to get there. If that is the case, lawyers and politicians will be to blame. -
Are employers responsible for protecting their employees from workplace violence?An employer cannot predict workplace violence but they can have procedures in place to help keep their employees safe. -
Disrupting B2B payments in 2020Anyone working in a small to medium sized business knows that one of the biggest pain points is managing vendor payments. As a Treasury Management professional, our team regularly visits Accounts Payable (AP) departments only to find their AP clerks overwhelmed with paper and multiple processes to manage payments. While 2019 was the year of person to person (P2P) payment growth (think Venmo, Zelle, etc.), it's predicted that 2020 will be a year of disruption for business to business (B2B) payments. With so much digital advancement in the recent past, AP departments are now primed to take advantage of automated solutions to streamline their processes. -
Unmasking the culture-killing leaderA company's culture isn't worth the piece of paper it's written on if your leader is crumpling it. When a bad boss is aboard, employees feel browbeaten and defeated. -
New 401(k) and IRA law might affect how you plan your estateOn December 20, The SECURE Act ("SECURE") passed into law as part of a budget bill. SECURE drastically alters retirement account distribution requirements for a beneficiary inheriting a retirement account.
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