Starbucks can enforce ‘one button’ dress code 
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: dress code, Labor, NLRB, Starbucks
Starbucks didn’t commit an unfair labor practice when it implemented a dress code limiting employees to wearing only one pro-union button on their work uniforms, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in National Labor Relations Board v. Starbucks Corp., no. 10-3511-ag. (May 10). The National Labor Relations Board issued an order [...]
Worker can sue over same-sex touching
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: May 14, 2012
Tags: hostile environment claim, lawsuit, same-sex touching, Title VII
A female corrections worker could maintain a Title VII hostile environment claim based on an allegation that her female supervisor repeatedly brushed against her breasts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in reversing a summary judgment, Redd v. New York State Division of Parole, no. 10-1410-cv. (May 4). The plaintiff worked [...]
Labor grant helps RochesterWorks!
By Todd Etshman
POSTED: May 11, 2012
Tags: department of labor, labor grant, RochesterWorks!, Unemployment
Part of a $65.5 million U.S. Department of Labor grant to help speed up hiring for those individuals receiving unemployment compensation benefits is coming to Rochester in the form of up to five new career service advisors. “This is something we couldn’t afford to do ourselves,” said RochesterWorks! Executive Director Peter Pecor. The new career [...]
More than 18,000 teens get summer jobs
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 10, 2012
Tags: state employment program, summer jobs, teenagers
The NY Youth Works Summer Employment Program will enable more than 18,000 teens to be employed across the state this summer. The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance will distribute $25 million among all 57 counties and New York City to help bring underserved youth into the labor market, acquire skills and expand their [...]
Five Star Bank announces executive retirement
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 10, 2012
Tags: executive retirement, Five Star Bank
During its annual shareholder meeting this week, Five Star Bank announced the retirement of George “Dan” Hagi, executive vice president and chief risk officer, effective June 30. Hagi has six years of service with the company. Replacing Hagi will be Kenneth V. Winn, senior vice president and senior credit and compliance administrator, effective July 1. [...]
State improperly paid workers’ comp to inmates
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: May 10, 2012
Tags: inmates, New York State, Workers compensation
New York state paid seven inmates more than $36,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while they were in prison even though they weren’t eligible, according to an examination by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit found that the State Insurance Fund, the agency that administers the state’s workers’ compensation program and in [...]
Ruling could open door to transgender gay bias claims
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: May 10, 2012
Tags: EEOC, Employment, gay bias claims, transgender
The recent ruling from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission holding that transgendered workers can bring employment bias claims under Title VII is a “game changer” in employment discrimination law, and could lead to claims under the act based on sexual orientation. “It is without a doubt a watershed moment,” said Shannon P. Minter, legal director [...]
‘Pro bono’ requirement draws mixed reaction
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: May 9, 2012
Tags: Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, pro bono, requirement, State Bar
If any member of the legal profession is required to provide free services, one Rochester attorney plans to quit doing pro bono work as a form of protest. Andrew J. Dick, a solo practitioner, said Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman’s plan to require 50 hours of pro bono service for admission to the state bar is [...]
NY top court upholds firing compliance officer
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 9, 2012
Tags: CEO, compliance officer, court of appeals, hedge fund
ALBANY — New York’s top court has upheld the firing of a hedge fund’s compliance officer who says he confronted its chief executive about improperly selling personal stock ahead of making the same transactions for the firm’s clients. The Court of Appeals, divided 5-2, is rejecting Joseph Sullivan’s damages claim against Peconic Partners, Peconic [...]
EEOC issues guidance on worker criminal background checks
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: May 2, 2012
Tags: criminal background checks, EEOC, employees, new guidance
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued updated guidance on employers’ use of criminal background checks in making employment decisions. According to EEOC officials, the new guidance, the first since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which codified Title VII disparate impact analysis, was designed to take into account how changes in [...]
Slaughter introduces bill to protect area jobs
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 1, 2012
Tags: Jobs, Rep. Louise Slaughter, tariffs, trade legislation
Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport on Tuesday introduced trade legislation that would eliminate U.S. trade tariffs for two raw materials, which would benefit Lonza (formerly Arch Chemicals) and its 158 employees at the local Rochester facility. “On Wednesday, I secured $25 million so that local employers such as Delphi could continue valuable work inventing clean [...]
Maximus to add 300-plus jobs at new Pittsford office
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: April 30, 2012
Tags: Jobs, Maximus, Monroe County, Pittsford office
They could have gone anywhere, but chose to expand in Monroe County. That was the message Monday of several dignitaries who gathered to announce a decision by Maximus Federal Services to invest nearly $1.7 million for a new Medicare appeals back office operation in Pittsford. Bruce Caswell, president and general manager of Maximus Health Services, [...]
