Employment News

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Labor Department says New York private industry employers reported about 146,000 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2012. That translates to 2.5 cases per 100 full-time workers. The agency says New York was one of eight states to register a significant decrease in the private industry rate of total recordable cases over the year...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state Labor Department says New York's unemployment rate decreased from 7.4 percent to 7.1 percent in December, its lowest level since January 2009. The Labor Department said in a report Thursday that the state's economy added 10,400 private sector jobs in December, raising the private sector job count to an all-time high of 7,503,700...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York officials say they are launching a project to train and employ former inmates using $13.5 million raised from businesses and foundations as investors. Under a contract with Social Finance Inc., which raised operating funds from investors, the state will pay those investors based on measured employment increases and reductions in recidivism...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's minimum wage will increase to $8 an hour at the end of this year, 75 cents higher than the federal minimum and the old state rate. It's the first of three incremental boosts approved by the Legislature and Gov...