Obama: Don’t extend tax breaks for wealthiest
By The Associated Press
POSTED: September 8, 2010
Tags: Economy, President Barack Obama, tax breaks, wealthy
CLEVELAND — President Barack Obama strongly defended his opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans on Wednesday and delivered a searing attack on Republicans and their House leader for advocating “the same philosophy that led to this mess in the first place.”
Negotiations should resume in Mott’s strike
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: September 8, 2010
Tags: department of labor, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Mott's, strike
Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, has accepted U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis’s call that the union and Dr Pepper Snapple Group resume negotiations immediately to end a strike at the Mott’s plant in Williamson, Wayne County.
DiNapoli lowers rate of return in pension fund
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: September 2, 2010
Tags: Albany, comptroller, DiNapoli, Pension
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Thursday that he is lowering the anticipated rate of return on investments in New York State’s pension fund and, in turn, raising the contributions local municipalities must make to it to ensure that it is fully funded.
Consumer remedies face utter destruction 
By Sylvia Hsieh
POSTED: August 31, 2010
Tags: Arbitration, class action lawsuits, consumers, employers, Federal Arbitration Act, SCOTUS
Class action lawyers who represent consumers and employees are bracing themselves for the possible end of practice as they know it. The cause of their anxiety: a U.S. Supreme Court case that has garnered little attention …
New jobless claims drop for first time in 4 weeks
By The Associated Press
POSTED: August 26, 2010
Tags: benefits, Economy, jobless claims, Labor Department, Unemployment
WASHINGTON — New requests for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, the first decline in a month and a hopeful sign after a raft of negative economic reports. New claims for jobless aid dropped …
New York pushes HIRE Act to unemployed
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: August 25, 2010
Tags: HIRE Act, job seeking, New York Department of Labor, tax break
New York’s Department of Labor has a tip for the state’s unemployed population: carry a W-11 form while job seeking, and tell potential employers you come with a little something extra — a tax break.
How to get the most out of your CLE classes
By Tony Ogden
POSTED: August 25, 2010
Tags: CLE classes, Continuing Legal Education, law licenses
For most lawyers, Continuing Legal Education classes are just another hoop they have to jump through in order to keep up their law licenses. They rack up just enough credit hours to fulfill the requirements and then move on, yet in so doing they sell themselves short.
RG&E driven to stand by its decision
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: August 25, 2010
Tags: AFL-CIO, employee dispute, federal order, labor union, National Labor Relations Board, RGE
Rochester Gas & Electric is appealing a federal order resulting from a dispute with eight employees after it stopped allowing them to take RG&E vehicles home. Attorney James S. Gleason, of the Binghamton law firm Hinman …
Mott’s owners urged to return to bargaining table
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: August 24, 2010
Tags: Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Mott's, strike
Sen. John L. Sampson, D-Brooklyn, majority conference leader of the state Senate, is urging Mott’s parent company to return to the bargaining table as quickly as possible to settle a strike with the Wayne County plant.
Jobless rate drops in 18 states in July
By The Associated Press
POSTED: August 20, 2010
Tags: job growth, jobless rate, Labor Department, Unemployment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Unemployment fell in fewer states in July than in the previous three months, a sign that the pace of job growth has slowed. The jobless rate dropped in 18 states and Washington, D.C. last month …
