Illinois state government has about 8,000 vacant positions and is struggling to retain employees, state records show
Roughly 13% of all state government jobs in Illinois are vacant, with significant holes in public safety and health care posts.
"We're not unlike any other employer in terms of the challenges we face attracting potential workers and to retain the talent we currently have in the workforce," Manar said."We're having to do creative things we haven't done before to address the problem." A Daily Herald analysis of full-time state government employee figures in each of the 50 states during 2020 and 2021 shows 37 states had fewer workers in 2021. Illinois' state government workforce dropped 0.4% in that time.
"For a long time, state and local governments have relied on paying very good benefits and maybe not paying as much upfront," he said."Now, as things get more expensive, folks want cash upfront." State police officials said the labor shortage isn't affecting just sworn officers but all aspects of the agency's personnel.
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