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As many as 2 million unemployed New Yorkers will start receiving their share of an extra $300-a-week assistance boost next week from a temporary federal…
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The New York State Department of Labor has, for now, dropped its proposed changes to laws that affect workers who can be called into work at short notice.…
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If restaurateurs and waitstaff agree on one thing, it's that replacing tips with a higher minimum wage is a bad idea.Gov. Andrew Cuomo has told the State…
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On Tuesday the Labor Department formally requested information from the Office of Management and Budget, setting the stage for scaling back a rule that would make more workers eligible for OT.
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In a bipartisan vote of 60-38, the Senate confirmed President Trump's second choice for labor secretary. Trump's first nominee, Andrew Puzder, withdrew when it became clear he would not be confirmed.
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The chief executive of CKE Holdings, the parent company of Hardee's and Carl's Jr., is an outspoken critic of raising the minimum wage and increasing overtime and workplace safety regulations.
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About 4 million workers would have become eligible to earn overtime under the new rule set to go into effect Dec. 1. Business groups and 21 states sued. A Texas judge has now put the rule on hold.
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Newly revised numbers from the State Labor Department show Buffalo's job growth has not been as strong as previously declared. But one local economist is…
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Area residents who helped build the atomic weapons of the Cold War may now qualify for compensation. Rep. Brian Higgins says says workers at Hooker…
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Despite a partisan divide, Buffalo native Thomas Perez was endorsed by a Senate committee today to head the Labor Department. Perez, a high-ranking lawyer…