Illinois Labor Department Changes Leadership: Director Jane Flanagan Departs, Mike Lazzeri Appointed Pending Senate Approval
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced a leadership change in his administration on November 2 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois: Illinois Department of Labor Director Jane Flanagan is departing, and Mike Lazzeri has been appointed to lead the department, pending Senate approval.
Officials said that under Flanagan's leadership, the department saw significant staffing growth and more than tripled the amount of unpaid wages collected annually for workers. Lazzeri joins the department after serving as a regional administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Department of Labor is the state's main agency for labor standards, wage-and-hour enforcement and workplace safety.
Also announced the same day, open enrollment for Get Covered Illinois, the state-based health insurance marketplace, is underway through January 15, when Illinoisans can enroll in, renew or change coverage; it is the marketplace's second year as a state-based exchange.
(Source: WFIW)
Source: WFIW
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Photo: 图：雪后的伊利诺伊州议会大厦，位于 Springfield。Daniel Schwen 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield in winter. By Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
