Senate to repeal massive mandate on business

Wage Theft Prevention Act is a Mountain of Costly, Useless Paper The New York State Senate has just released a statement saying that it will act today to repeal the notification provisions of the Wage Theft  Prevention Act, what it called “a massive, costly mandate on every emp
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Wage Theft Prevention Act Fixed Tomorrow?

Senate May Vote Tomorrow to Fix Costly Wage Theft Prevention Act The New York State Senate could take up a proposal tomorrow to repeal the part of the  law meant to crack down on wage theft, but instead created extra administrative costs and extra paperwork for all businesses. The bi
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Business groups urge DiNapoli to support Pension reform

Pension Cost Cuts Needed to Avoid Financial Struggles From Capital Tonight:  In an open letter to Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, business leaders are urging the Democrat to relent on his opposition to an overhaul of a Tier VI pension plan – saying that as a state leader “we ex
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Governor Cuomo: “Comptroller is irrelevant”

Cuomo-DiNapoli Spar Over Tier VI In today’s Times Union Rick Karlin details the “long-distance war of words” that went on between Governor Cuomo and Comptroller DiNapoli Monday. During a speech to the Conference of Mayors at Hotel Albany, Governor Cuomo said he was w
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Addressing growing mismatch between job openings and job seekers

Finding an Economy that Works Todd M. Oldman Community colleges are increasingly at the center of the national dialogue about getting the unemployed retrained and back in the workforce and putting students on the path to in-demand careers. The growing expectation is for community coll
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Business owners: minimum wage carries big price tag

Earlier we shared with you a New York Times article about a man who feared his cleaning business would be cleaned out by the proposed increase in the minimum wage. Now, here’s a New York Post piece which takes a closer look at the politics and the people behind the proposal. Kaj
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Minimum wage increase proposal and its negative impact

In Sunday’s New York Times, a vivid look at how an increase in the minimum wage in New York State would impact low-skilled businesses. State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver wants to raise the state’s minimum wage to $8.50 an hour from $7.25 an hour. Here is what a succe
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Minimum-wage rolls drive Albany debate

Joseph De Avila writes in the Wall Street Journal (subscription-based) – “The number of workers in New York state earning minimum wage has increased sharply since the start of the recession, one of the driving factors underlying a debate in Albany over whether to raise the
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Assemblyman Palmesano signs on to save businesses costly paper work

The Finger Lakes Daily News reports – “Assemblyman Phil Palmesano has signed on to support legislation that will eliminate the requirement for private sector businesses to produce an annual notice requirement to every employee. The so-called Wage Theft Prevention Act of 20
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Minimum-wage boost akin to another tax

In an op-ed by Business Council President and CEO Heather Briccetti in the Poughkeepsie Journal, she points out that a minimum wage bill indexed to inflation would in effect become a hidden tax on New York businesses that would continue to increase each year and reduce the ability of
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