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    It’s important to acknowledge that unconscious bias and structural racism are real and exist. In recent years, our community has talked a great deal about lacking diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The solution isn’t about workers doing ...

Despite restrictions imposed by church affiliation and college admission standards, area private schools strive to make the learning experience for their students as innovative as possible in an ever-changing world. The Harley School is college preparatory, but Lawrence Frye, Harley’s ...

One of the senior projects at Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women gives students the chance to show what leadership skills they have developed there over the years. Called the Motto Project, the students are required to pick ...

People looking to earn extra cash on their own terms need to weigh the benefits against the risks. “Part-time work is more accessible than ever,” said Lindsey McCutchen, president of Career Start, “especially with the gig economy.” She explained that ...

In the construction field, there recently has been emphasis on obtaining “net zero energy” (often referred to as NZE or net zero metering) for both new and existing buildings. However, depending on the materials used, the way we achieve net ...

Data breaches have become the new normal, and obtaining cybersecurity insurance is important for local businesses that have any personally identifying information like credit card numbers or Social Security numbers from employees or customers stored in their records, local insurance ...

Over the past summer, Concord Insurance Agency had an intern use social media to administer a survey of young adults to gauge their insurance needs. The agency found that 85 percent of the respondents wanted a local agent to handle ...

A recent case before the United States Court of Federal Claims serves as a good reminder to review and track the rights associated with images on your website and all of its webpages, because copyright infringement claims may be lurking. ...

Tagged with: Jeremy J. Wolk law

Ty Hookway is president of CleanCraft Janitorial Services and a passionate conscious capitalist. Clean Craft is headquartered in Rochester, has over 300 employees and provides janitorial and project cleaning services to companies in Western New York. I recently spoke with ...

Tagged with: Business Ethics Jim Nortz

Did you know that hospitals allocate millions of dollars each year to improve healthcare in our community? In addition to providing healthcare to thousands of patients, hospitals in the Rochester area are proactively working to address some of the largest ...

Mark Kovaleski believes the role of accounting firms has changed when it comes to working with their business clients. “The accounting profession has been rebranding itself as business advisors who provide accounting services rather than accounting firms who provide advisory ...

Tagged with: Andrea Deckert

  Although many factors are responsible for the high cost of healthcare in the United States, many believe that one key factor is the medical malpractice pressure that doctors routinely bear. One contrarian perspective on this matter comes from Michelle ...

“I’m a new manager and am slow building up my team. In this company, before you ‘poach’ someone from another department, you normally seek the permission of that person’s manager first. The employee I want to hire is very worried ...

Tagged with: Kathleen Driscoll Managers at Work

Prior to President Trump taking office in January 2017, the emoluments clauses contained in the U.S. Constitution had been dormant for over 230 years and have never been directly litigated in any federal court in the country. However, within a ...

Much like other industries, the legal world is rapidly adopting new technologies to improve efficiencies, better serve clients and, ultimately, to maintain security and remain profitable in an ultra-competitive industry. Long considered an industry slow to adapt and resistant to ...