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The New York State Labor Department has formed a wage board that will conduct hearings and make recommendations regarding overtime work for farm labor...

ST. BONAVENTURE — St. Bonaventure University is arguing a Wiccan professor’s discrimination lawsuit should be thrown out, saying she waited too long t...

I cherish a small, grainy photograph of my grandfather standing in front of a cook shack with five other young men, all in shabby overalls, who compri...

Happy Labor Day! To most of us at this moment in history, the arrival of Labor Day simply signals the end of the sultry days of summer. Vacations beco...

(TNS) In the moments before, during and just after Wednesday's gubernatorial primary campaign, candidates and campaign workers sought to spin the even...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My neighbor recently had a baby, and I am so happy for her. I like her a lot and want to support her, but I do not want to invite her ...

While the rest of the country has recovered from the Great Recession, much of Western New York has been left behind. Nonprofits play a critical role i...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) While federal workers were breathing...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a robust 200,000 jobs in January, and wages rose at the fastest pace in more than eight years, encouraging tren...

A friend of more than 50 years and I were talking on the telephone Sunday, and as usual, our conversation focused on politics. My friend lives in a su...

Someone once said everything is negotiable. My mother bought and sold antiques, and that was definitely her philosophy. But when it comes to negotiati...

Responding to a call for a nationwide railroad workers strike to protest wage cuts by the Federal Labor Board, nearly 1,300 workers of the Pennsylvani...

Responding to a call for a nationwide railroad workers strike to protest wage cuts by the Federal Labor Board, nearly 1,300 workers of the Pennsylvani...

New York has enacted a paid family leave law, which will be phased in beginning January 1, 2018, until full implementation in 2021. Starting January 1...

OLEAN — When a direct-support professional resigns from a group home at The ReHabilitation Center, there’s a good chance it will be upsetting to a spe...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is the first in a two-part series. Friday’s story will include additional comments on the issue from ReHabilitation Center ...

OLEAN —The city this week approved a new one-year settlement contract with its unionized Civil Service workers. Negotiating the short-term plan — retr...

OLEAN — The New York state minimum wage officially increased to $9.70 an hour today. While that’s good news for those receiving a pay bump, local busi...