WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT Moves Headquarters to Chicago

IRVINE, Calif., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Workforce Management, the leading business publication for workforce management and human resources professionals, is moving its headquarters to Chicago, effective mid-summer 2010.

Published by Crain Communications Inc, Workforce Management is one of the oldest and largest continuously published trade publications in the United States.  Crain Communications purchased the publication in 2002, assuming the Orange County, Calif. address and all existing lease agreements.

"With our current lease expiring, we have a wonderful opportunity to move Workforce Management closer to the company fold and join our sister publications in Chicago," said Workforce Management Publisher/VP Todd Johnson. "This move allows us to further enhance the strong editorial and publishing relationships we have within Crain and provides us with tremendous operational advantage and efficiencies in utilizing the existing infrastructure we have in one of our company's core offices."

"We are delighted that Workforce Management will soon be housed with the staff of many of its sister publications including Modern Healthcare, Crain's Chicago Business and key editorial offices for Pensions & Investments, Business Insurance and others," said Group Publisher/VP, Chris Crain. "There is great advantage for our staff to be together covering such a dynamic business climate and the key workforce management trends and practices that go hand-in-glove with business today."

Workforce Management (workforce.com) has over 52,000 print and 400,000 registered online subscribers. In addition to the award-winning magazine and website, Workforce Management also produces several e-mail newsletters including Workforce Week and twice monthly newsletter, Dear Workforce, with a forum for HR expert Q&A. The publication also produces the industry respected Optimas Awards, now in its 20th year.

About Crain Communications Inc – Crain Communications Inc is one of the largest privately-owned business publishers in the U.S. with nearly 30 business, trade and consumer publications and related Web sites in North America, Europe and Asia. As an authoritative source of vital news and information to industry leaders and consumers worldwide, each of the company's newspapers, magazines and Web sites have become required reading in their respective business and consumer sector including Advertising Age, Automotive News, AutoWeek, Business Insurance, Pensions & Investments, Modern Healthcare, InvestmentNews as well as business weeklies in Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, New York and Manchester, England.  The company's Web site is www.crain.com.

SOURCE Workforce Management