Overtime

On July 6th New York State just passed a new labor law protecting nurses when it comes to overtime. The state of New York will no longer allow mandatory overtime for nurses there will be some exceptions to this new rule. These exceptions include, Unforeseen emergencies Disasters Situations where patient safety necessitates overtime, such as […]

Rochester City Council has approved the funding for the Rochester Police Department to place officers at schools. City Council voted earlier this week to fund overtime for RPD officers to be present at some of the schools in the City of Rochester. The officers will be at certain schools for the arrival and dismissal times. […]

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello is asking the county Legislature for $100,000 to cover the costs for record sheriff’s deputies overtime. Monroe County Sheriff’s have been working with Rochester police to curb the violent crime in the City of Rochester. The city has recorded over 65 homicides and 258 shooting incidents this year, according to […]

A change could be coming to the workforce in California for large companies. The bill is being introduced to California state assembly and wants to make it official for companies with 500 employees or more to make a 32 hour work week instead of 40 hours. Any employees that would work over 32 hours in […]

Across social media, Rochester residents have been voicing their concerns over the status of their mail delivery. First Class Mail has been arriving much later than usual and people are starting to notice. Due to budget cuts to the post office, overtime has been cancelled so the postmen and women are now being required by […]