The Chicago Park District is offering financial incentives to people applying for summer jobs, two years after the start of an investigation that exposed rampant sexual abuse and harassment among its lifeguards.
The district will pay $500 bonuses to seasonal lifeguards and $200 to other seasonal staff who take jobs this summer, according to a park district press release. The department said the recruiting effort comes as it prepares for its “busiest season” following the pandemic and a national shortage of lifeguards.
