Up to 290K New Yorkers would benefit from proposed federal OT changes
A new White House plan to extend overtime protections for workers could benefit up to 290,000 full-time salaried workers in New York and five million nationwide in its first year. President Obama this...
View ArticleM/Cs suing Thruway for raises that were promised, then rescinded
Approximately 250 non-union Thruway employees are suing the Thruway Authority in federal court, contending the Thruway board last May improperly rescinded raises that had been promised more than six...
View ArticleCorrection: State workers can’t use work systems to organize
In a post yesterday, I wrote that a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board would allow state workers to use its work email and telephone for union work. I was wrong. The NLRB does not cover...
View ArticleWhat do ITS employees think of management?
I’ve got a story in the paper about a recent employee survey that the folks at the Office for Information Technology Services conducted, asking workers a range of questions, including queries about how...
View ArticleUAlbany panel asks raises for adjuncts, UUP ups the ante
The United University Professions, the SUNY faculty union, was quick to praise a UAlbany report made public this week that, among other things, recommends that the university raise the minimum course...
View ArticlePEF reports executive budget seeks slight uptick in state workforce
In its annual budget analysis released last week, the Public Employees Federation counts a net increase of 253 full-time equivalent positions in the state workforce for fiscal year 2016-17. That would...
View ArticleHigher state worker retiree health care charges dropped from budget
A measure that would have raised state and other public employee retiree health care insurance costs has fallen out of the budget. The move, which also would have forced many public employees to...
View ArticlePublic employees in NYC now offered paid leave for prostate screenings
All public employees can now receive paid leave for prostate cancer screenings. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed on Thursday a law that gives public employees up to four hours each year to receive prostate...
View ArticleState Help Desk privatization contractors arrive on Monday
We’ve touched on this before and there is an agreement that the contract workers who are part of a state Help Desk privatization project won’t lead to state layoffs. Now, the outside employees who are...
View ArticleSickened by the odor, state workers in Binghamton go home early
There’s apparently a problem with fumes from some hydraulic work being done at a state agency building in Binghamton. According to local union representatives with the Public Employees Federation, at...
View ArticleHarvey Brody doesn’t want to settle with OMIG
The long saga of Harvey Brody’s battle with the state Office of Medicaid Inspector General continues, with the latest chapter centering on the data analyst’s refusal to accept a settlement and retire...
View ArticleState, correction officers union agree to contract
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration and the union that represents state correction officers have reached a tentative contract agreement, broad details of which were announced Thursday evening. The...
View ArticleCuomo initiates awards for outstanding state workers
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making nice with state workers this year. He recently completed a contract with one of the major unions, the Public Employees Federation, which was overwhelmingly approved by...
View ArticleA walk through the history of the Concourse
Note: This story by Rick Karlin originally appeared in the Capitol Confidential legislative session preview section published Wednesday. Be on the lookout for copies of the publication at the state...
View ArticleWatch live: Joint budget hearing on workforce development
Members of the Assembly and state Senate will hold a joint budget hearing on workforce development beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Legislative Office Building. The livestream of that hearing is...
View ArticleOSC: With budget extender in place, state employees will be paid
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office said Monday evening that with a state budget extender approved by the Legislature, state employees on the administrative payroll — 149,575 in total — will be...
View ArticleFood trucks, farmers markets return to ESP, Harriman Campus
A sure sign of spring is the return of food trucks to Washington Avenue outside the state Capitol. A sure sign that spring is here to stay is the return of food trucks and farmers markets to the Empire...
View ArticleLawsuit claims paid union leave time is unconstitutional
With the backing of a Long Island fiscal conservative group, a Suffolk County man is suing the county and eight unions in an attempt to end the practice of employees taking paid leave time to perform...
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State worker is interrogated for allegedly letting someone in the building
Can letting someone into a state building lead to an interrogation? Union activists Victor Batorski and Usher Piller delivered a mattress to OCFS as part of a publicity stunt (Rick Karlin/Times Union)...
View ArticleCuomo prohibits state workers from asking about immigration status
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order that prohibits state agencies and officers from inquiring about or disclosing an individual’s immigration status “unless required by law or necessary to...
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