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Four Employee-Benefits Trends to Help Attract and Retain Talent
Attracting and retaining top Talent is more challenging than Ever. Employment is up, U.S. unemployment is at a 10-year low (falling to about 4 percent
Rubacka elected as Emerson Foundation board president
AUBURN, N.Y. — The Fred L. Emerson Foundation announced that its board of directors recently elected Kristen E. Rubacka to serve as the eighth president
Oswego County native returning to serve as CEO at Fulton Family YMCA
FULTON, N.Y. — Following a nationwide search, the Fulton Family YMCA is hiring as its new CEO a woman with roots in Oswego County. Shonna
Syracuse University says no layoffs planned elsewhere on campus after marketing-unit reorganization
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — No layoffs are planned in other parts of Syracuse University this year following the reorganization of the school’s marketing and communication division.
New York law may blunt impact of Supreme Court ruling on payments to unions
ALBANY, N.Y. — Reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that government workers cannot be required to pay for union representation was swift and vehement,
State budget includes $1 million to keep military in Mohawk Valley
ROME, N.Y. — The state has set aside $1 million to help keep military assets in the Mohawk Valley. State Sen. Joseph Griffo (R-Rome), State
Gifford Foundation executive director Sonneborn to retire at the end of 2018
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Dirk Sonneborn, executive director of the Gifford Foundation, plans to retire at the end of 2018, the organization’s board of trustees announced
Unshackle Upstate’s Biryla named NFIB New York state director
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gregory Biryla, the former head of Unshackle Upstate, has been named New York state director for the National Federation of Independent Business
NBT Bank promotes LaRusch to VP
NORWICH, N.Y. — NBT Bank announced it has promoted Richard LaRusch, human resources (HR) business partner, to VP. LaRusch joined NBT in November 2012 as
Visit Syracuse hires Benn as partner-engagement manager
In that role, Benn will work on sponsorship sales initiatives and internet advertising sales. She’ll also oversee the tourism bureau’s Preble visitors center on Interstate
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