Final regulations for Code Rule 800.6, Public Employer Workplace Violence Prevention Programs, are now available.
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05/05/2009
Final regulations for Public Employer Workplace Violence Prevention Programs are Now Posted05/05/2009Final regulations for Code Rule 800.6, Public Employer Workplace Violence Prevention Programs, are now available.
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04/29/2009
State Raids New York City Sweatshops -
04/20/2009
"Gas Card" Program for Job Seekers Expanded Statewide04/20/2009Additional transportation assistance for unemployed workers will be made available in 20 non-rural counties in New York State. Each Workforce Investment Board in these counties will receive $6,250 that may be used to help pay transportation expenses for unemployed workers to access services at One-Stop Career Centers, apply for jobs, attend interviews and receive training.
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04/16/2009
New York State Loses 33,000 Private Sector Jobs in March 2009 -
04/16/2009
$5.2 Million in Worker Training Dollars Provides Much-Needed Stimulus for Capital Region Residents -
04/15/2009
Unemployment Scam Alert!04/15/2009Unscrupulous scammers have been charging victims, including many in New York City’s Polish community, fees to file claims to collect Unemployment Insurance benefits.
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04/15/2009
Wage Board reviews regulations governing wages and tips paid to hotel and restaurant industry workers04/15/2009A 2009 Wage Board has been appointed by Commissioner of Labor M. Patricia Smith and charged to review and make recommendations for changes in the regulations governing the wages and tips paid to workers in the hotel and restaurant industries. The Wage Board will hold public hearings in Buffalo on May 6, Albany on May 15, and New York City on May 20.
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04/14/2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides for subsidized COBRA coverage which may assist you in maintaining your health insurance coverage -
04/13/2009
Labor Department And OTDA Announce Coordinated Efforts To Help 56,000 New Yorkers About To Exhaust Unemployment Benefits -
04/09/2009
The Asbestos Project Notification fees04/09/2009The Asbestos Project Notification fees, which have not been increased since they were introduced in 1990, were increased on April 7, 2009.
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04/07/2009
Additional $25 weekly payment to unemployment recipients.04/07/2009The additional $25 weekly payment, known as Federal Additional Compensation (FAC), is being made to unemployment recipients.