Technology & Manufacturing Association

Illinois adds new paid time off mandate

SPRINGFIELD – As of January 1, 2024, Illinois business owners with five or more employees will be required to provide a minimum of 40 hours of paid leave for any reason per 12 months for all full-time employees. SB 208 allows employees to begin to use their paid time off after three months on the […]

TMA Profile: Winzeler Gear’s John Winzeler

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″] After growing up in a Fort Wayne orphanage, John Winzeler’s grandfather “Johnny” came to Chicago. As a pioneer tool and die maker, Johnny built up a substantial business with a partner. When the 1930s Great Depression hit America, the two sadly lost their business as one partner committed suicide and the other, tragically, […]