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ALBANY (TNS) —New Yorkhas a separate, lower minimum wage for restaurant workers who earn tips but that could change under a bill revived this year by ...

In advance of her upcoming 2025 State of the State Address onJan. 14, Gov.Kathy Hochulis promoting several initiatives intended to address the cost-of...

ALBANY (TNS) — When it comes to legislation, the reality for business leaders in New York is that they are often on the defensive — that is, they are ...

In response to a press conference by a group of Upstate Assembly Democrats decrying the lowering of the overtime threshold for farm workers, state Sen...

ALBANY (AP) — The New York state Department of Labor recovered more than $270,000 in unpaid wages for a domestic worker who was “chronically underpaid...

NEW SCOTLAND (TNS) — Top state and federal Republican officials are pushing back against a substantial subsidy for farm owners that is intended to cov...

Whether you’re new to the workforce or not, you may be wondering what “per diem” means in relation to payments given at your job. In simple terms, per...

State Sen. George Borrello welcomed the state Department of Labor’s decision to delay a finding on the farm labor overtime threshold to allow for a ne...

OLEAN — More pay is on the way for nurses at Olean General Hospital. An extended contract for around 220 registered nurses at Olean General was ratifi...

ELBA — With farm fields in the background, state Sen. George Borrello stood with fellow legislators, farmers and farmworkers Tuesday to urge state lea...

BUFFALO (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated Labor Day by paying tribute to the essential workers who helped New York survive COVID-19 and signing a s...

Between our two families, we are raising 11 children. Under the American Families Plan, we could start collecting up to $33,600 per year in child paym...

President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan contains a long list of potential investments aimed at revitalizing the country, but one proposal in part...

COVID-19 is wreaking havoc not only on our health but also our healthcare. From February to May, some 5.4 million Americans lost their employer-sponso...

ALBANY — As New York’s Farm Laborers Wage Board holds hearings on the 60-hour overtime threshold for farmworkers, state Sen. George Borrello joined co...

(TNS) In recent decades, we have rarely seen so much worker anger and so many strikes as we’ve seen since COVID-19 hit America. Fears of the virus hav...

Millions are unemployed, public budgets are falling apart, the economy is struggling, and the COVID-19 epidemic is raging anew — and most of the $2.7 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — With record-high numbers of Americans seeking unemployment benefits after losing their jobs because of the coronavirus, Congress is se...