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NY, upstate unemployment rates edge up in August
New York state’s unemployment rate rose 0.1 percent to 7.6 percent in August from July due to an “expanding work force,” according to preliminary figures the New York State Department of Labor released on Thursday. However, the state’s August jobless rate is down 1 percent from the same month a year ago, the state […]
POMCO Group expands service offerings into different regions
SYRACUSE — POMCO Group, a third-party administrator of self-funded health-care and risk-management plans, announced it will expand its service offerings into additional regions of the
Consultant suggests HR professionals take ‘strategic approach’ to benefit design
DeWITT — The high cost of employee benefits suggests that using a strategic approach is both “obvious and necessary.” That was the message that Neil Strodel, vice president of the Benefit Consulting Group, delivered to the Central New York chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management during a Sept. 10 breakfast meeting at the
Unshackle Upstate issues new plan for job growth and tax relief
Unshackle Upstate, a business-advocacy organization, has released its new economic-revitalization agenda (ERA) for Upstate. The proposal includes five points designed to deliver “broad-based” tax relief and stimulate job growth across upstate New York, Unshackle said in a news release. Citing upstate New York’s history of high taxes, economic decline, and population loss, the
Bryant & Stratton focuses on employability of its graduates
CLAY — Once college students earn their degrees, the next step is to either further their education or begin pursuit of their first job. To help its students prepare for their job search, the local campuses of Bryant & Stratton College in mid-July held an “Employability Week” that included an alumni panel, student workshops,
New York’s initial unemployment claims jump 19 percent
The number of people applying for new unemployment-insurance benefits in New York state in the week ending Aug. 24 increased by nearly 19 percent to
New York’s initial unemployment claims edge up in latest week
The number of people applying for new unemployment-insurance benefits in New York state in the week ending Aug. 17, rose by 435, or more than
New York’s initial unemployment claims rise 4 percent in latest week
The number of people applying for new unemployment-insurance benefits in New York state in the week ending Aug. 10, rose by 762, or more than 4 percent, to 18,615, from 17,853 the week before, according to a U.S. Department of Labor news release issued Thursday. The increase indicates an uptick in layoffs in New
Area jobless rates fell by one percent or more in July
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, and Utica–Rome regions fell by at least one percentage point in July when compared to the same month in 2012, according to the latest New York State Department of Labor data. The jobless rate in Syracuse was 7.4 percent in July, down slightly from 7.5 percent in June,
NFIB: small-business optimism up ‘marginally’ in July
Small-business optimism “sighed” in July, with a monthly index that measures the optimism up 0.6 points for a reading of 94.1, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), which released the index Aug. 13. The optimism index rose “marginally,” the NFIB said on its website. The latest report continues the “historically
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