Another Rochester-area nonprofit has committed to raising its minimum wage for frontline workers. Lifetime Assistance Inc. on Thursday said it would implement a significantly higher new wage of $15.75 per hour for direct supply professionals in residential services, or group ...

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Equal Pay Day has come and gone, but the fact remains that women nationwide earn less than their male counterparts. MoneyGeek has analyzed equal pay by city, looking at data from more than 625 cities, and found that the cities ...

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The New York State Department of Labor this week said that payments for the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program, which provides an additional $300 in weekly benefits to unemployed New Yorkers, will begin next week. Up to 2.4 million New ...

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Taxes and wages continue to besiege upstate businesses, a new survey from Unshackle Upstate Inc. shows. The “2019 Upstate Business Climate Survey” highlights employers’ perspectives on the impact of the 2019 legislative session, as well as their viewpoints on issues ...

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Local Papa John’s pizza restaurants have closed, blaming business conditions in New York. A note about the closings, dated April 1, was posted on the door of at least one of five local Papa John’s stores, from Schuyler J. Lofberg, ...

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Passenger service agents at American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air will stage a protest at the Greater Rochester International Airport on Thursday to spotlight what they call “growing concerns around poverty pay” at the airline. American Airlines reported $1.9 billion in ...

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Workers in Monroe County had the largest growth in weekly wages statewide in the second quarter last year, new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. Monroe County’s 3.9 percent wage increase to $968 weekly ranked 92nd among ...

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