employment

NYS employers have to convey unemployment benefits information immediately upon termination, closing a previous, five-day window.

Alan Rottenberg launched the Canadian Career Apprenticeship Initiative to get college grads their first jobs, now he wants to help a select number of recent grads in Central New York.

NYS Public Employees Federation is launching the Respect Us, Protect Us, Pay Us campaign to address problems salaries and short staffing for social workers.

A shortage of snow plow drivers, truck mechanics, nurses, custody deputies and even lifeguards has been seen in the city of Syracuse and now the county's district attorney says a similar challenge is hitting his office.

This week, a 3.8 earthquake centered east of Buffalo in the suburb of West Seneca at about Monday; Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Syracuse touting her executive budget; Micron revealed details of their plans at two town hall events in Onondaga County.

Paid training will begin in March to help fill Syracuse Police Department's staff shortage and aid retention.

A discussion between WAER’s Scott Willis and CEO of Micron, Sanjay Mehrotra on the development of Micron in New York following President Joe Biden's remarks at Onondaga Community College on Thursday.

From the latest updates on Micron coming to Central New York to the overtime threshold for farm workers, find out what local news you've missed this week with the WAER News Round up for Oct. 3-7.

Didn't get a chance to follow the news last week? WAER has you covered. See what you missed!

Tarryn Mento explains the struggles in hiring around Central New York for the summer season.