NY proposes $199K cap for state contractors
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2012
Tags: Spending cap, state contractors
ALBANY — The Cuomo administration has proposed regulations to limit spending by state contractors, including a $199,000 executive salary cap that can only be exceeded using money not from the state. The proposals by 13 agencies cover contractors — many providing social services — that receive more than $500,000 in state support annually representing [...]
Limited link seen between jobs, NY tax breaks
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 2, 2012
Tags: industrial development agencies, job growth, tax breaks
ALBANY — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said his latest analysis of industrial development agencies shows little connection between job growth and the nearly $500 million in tax breaks provided by IDAs operating in municipalities statewide. DiNapoli said more than 4,000 businesses received the tax breaks, but that IDAs realized 22,000 fewer jobs last [...]
MVP Health Care adopts labor policy
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 25, 2012
Tags: corporate policy, MVP Health Care, union
MVP Health Care announces a corporate policy to promote the purchasing of goods and services from vendors that employ or buy products made with union labor. The policy also affirms buying American-made goods and services. “Our experience shows that buying through contractors that employ unionized labor means higher quality products and services delivered on time [...]
NY offers 5 public works contracts for 51 projects
By The Associated Press
POSTED: April 23, 2012
Tags: Economic Development, projects, public works contracts
ALBANY — New York has opened bidding for 51 pavement and bridge projects representing an estimated $64 million of work in the Cuomo administration’s “New York Works” program. The bidding for five contracts follows Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget announcement that billions of state and federal dollars will be committed to economic development and rebuilding infrastructure, [...]
Senate GOP jumps into appointment challenge 
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: April 19, 2012
Tags: challenge, recess appointments, Senate GOP
Republican lawmakers are officially jumping into the legal fight over President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. And leading the GOP senators’ fight is a man who was blocked from a judicial appointment by Senate Democrats years ago. Senate Republicans said this week they plan [...]
NLRB posting requirement delayed
By Todd Etshman
POSTED: April 19, 2012
Tags: delayed, NLRB, posting requirement
Due to an emergency injunction issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday, employers will not have to post an employee rights notice emphasizing the right of employees to form a union pursuant to National Labor Relations Board regulations, at least until the D.C. Court of Appeals issues a [...]
Grants for women in nontraditional jobs
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 12, 2012
Tags: department of labor, grants, women
The U.S. Department of Labor announces the availability of approximately $1.8 million for up to six grants through the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations program. The grants will support innovative projects that improve the recruitment, hiring, training, employment and retention of women in apprenticeships within industries such as advanced manufacturing, transportation and construction. Within [...]
Legislators aim for reform of Scaffold Law
By Todd Etshman
POSTED: April 9, 2012
Tags: Legislators, reform, Scaffold Law
Another Scaffold Law reform measure has been introduced in the legislature by Irondequoit Assemblyman Joseph Morelle and Elma Sen. Patrick Gallivan. Attempts to reform the law have been made since 2007. New York State Labor Law sections 240 and 241 impose liability on job site owners, or contractors, for accidents resulting in injuries to workers [...]
Attorneys: Achieve podcasting perfection
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 29, 2012
Tags: Fannie Mae, podcasts
With seemingly everyone blogging these days, it can be difficult for lawyers to differentiate themselves online. But for those with the time, speaking talent and gumption, podcasting can be just the thing to get your name out there. Podcasting is “a really good way to set yourself apart from other people in the field and [...]
For long-unemployed, hiring bias rears its head
By The Associated Press
POSTED: March 26, 2012
Tags: hiring bias, unemployed
HARTFORD, Conn. — Few job seekers who fail to get an interview know the reason, but Michelle Chesney-Offutt said a recruiter told her why she lost the chance to pitch for an information technology position. The 54-year-old, who had been laid off from her IT job in Illinois, said the recruiter who responded to her [...]
State Senate pushes tax cuts, incentives in jobs bill
By The Associated Press
POSTED: March 8, 2012
Tags: incentives, jobs bill, state Senate, tax cuts
ALBANY — New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos says his chamber will push for business tax cuts, tax incentives for jobs, a moratorium on new taxes and a state spending cap in its budget proposal. The election year proposals would appeal to the Republicans’ base of voters. It also sets up the dealing over [...]
Workplace provider opens Rochester office
By Todd Etshman
POSTED: March 7, 2012
Tags: Clinton Square, flexible workplace, global, Regus, workstations
Regus, a worldwide provider of flexible workplaces, is expanding to Rochester. Regus will open a new full- service business center with space for 44 offices and 70 work stations at 510 Clinton Square in downtown Rochester on Monday. “If you need a place for a quick meeting or longer term office space; any need you [...]
