When employers use independent contractors instead of hiring employees, they avoid myriad costs, from payroll taxes to health insurance. But employers beware: In the current environment, your independent contractors are likely to be considered employees, and getting it wrong can ...

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Manning & Napier employees participated in the recent “JA in a Day” event with Junior Achievement of Rochester by spending the day at Nathaniel Rochester Community School No. 3, teaching students concepts basic financial principles and making connections between lessons ...

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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 ...

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Human Resources Departments in New York have more than employee tax forms to distribute in the New Year. They’ll also have to distribute wage information notices to all their employees by Feb. 1 and obtain signed acknowledgements that the employees ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is taking its first hard look at how far government may intrude on the relationship between religious organizations and their employees. The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday in a workplace dispute ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A watchdog group wants the Federal Election Commission to launch an investigation into the Fiesta Bowl for reimbursing its employees for campaign donations. In its complaint filed Tuesday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ...

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In yet another victory for employees, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that workers do not have to file a written Fair Labor Standards Act complaint against their employer to prove they were terminated in retaliation, Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics.

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U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer is urging Savoye Inc. President Jack LeVan to keep all existing employees at Retrotech in Rochester. Savoye Inc., a French company, recently purchased Retrotech ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court says companies can't fire people simply because they are in a relationship with other employees who complain of discrimination. The high court on Monday unanimously ruled for Eric Thompson ...

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DEPEW — Printing company Quad/Graphics is reducing the work force at its western New York plant by about 20 percent after the first of the year. A spokeswoman for the Wisconsin-based company ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday seemed divided on whether student doctors are students or employees when it comes to collecting Social Security taxes.

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U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit First Amendment Employees — Public Universities Faghri v. University of Connecticut 09-1862-cv Appealed from the District of Connecticut Background: Defendants, the University of Connecticut, its president, Peter Austin, and its provost, Peter Nicholls, appeal ...

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