In a survey of high school and college-age people by software company Jobber last year, 75% said they would be interested in vocational schools offering paid, on-the-job training.
(The Center Square) – Illinois U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, says in a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that the Chinese battery manufacturer Gotion has ties with companies directly linked to slave labor genocide of Uyghurs.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Technology & Manufacturing Association Executive Vice President Dennis LaComb issued the following statement today on the completion of the Illinois General Assembly’s 2024 spring legislative session:
SCHAUMBURG, IL – Small and midsize manufacturers feel a sense of relief as SB2979, an update to the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), is on its way to the Governor’s desk after passing the Illinois House.
TMA member Mike Flynn, manager of DuPage Precision Products in Aurora, voiced his opinion in the Daily Herald about the need for Illinois to “ease regulatory burdens on business”
The Technology & Manufacturing Association encouraged the Illinois House to reform the Biometric Information Protection Act, which has several members caught up in lawsuits.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – The Technology and Manufacturing Association (TMA) applauds Senate President Pro Tempore Bill Cunningham and the Illinois Senate for passing SB2979, an update to the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) that clarifies the law to reflect “per person” instead of “per occurrence” and makes the law retroactive to 2008 when the BIPA Act was written.
SCHAUMBURG, IL – The Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) hosted small and midsize manufacturers for an event to educate their members on how to protect themselves from liability and annihilative lawsuits many small business owners are facing under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
SCHAUMBURG—Fingerprints, retina scans, voice, and facial recognition are all available and easily accessible in the mid-2020s. More and more, small and mid-sized Illinois businesses are tapping into quickly developing biometric technology to provide accurate payroll and benefits accounting for their employees.
SCHAUMBURG – While huge corporations such as White Castle have been in the news concerning the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), numerous members of the Technology & Manufacturing Association are in the midst of or have already settled unexpected lawsuits concerning the law set into motion in 2008.
