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Under the law, each workplace safety committee must be composed of employee and employer designees, with at least two-thirds of the committee comprised of non-supervisory employees, and must be co-chaired by an employer representative and a non-supervisory employee representative. With a recent spate of laws expanding workplace rights in New York City and New York State, union- and plaintiff-side lawyers have acquired powerful new tools with which to protect their clients' interests. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents results of the survey of the periodical "The Real Deal" (TRD) that investigates the factors that make realty agents happy in New York. The TRD interviewed brokers to find out the factors the comprise workplace happiness. Moreover, the benefits and amenities that make realty agents happy include retirement, healthcare benefits and technology. INSETS: Unique bonding activities;Most durable branding [literally];Motivating the troops — with lavish prizes.

The article presents information on the legislation for same sex marriage in New York with reference to Marriage Equality Act of New York. It discusses the reactions and the inclusion of religious exceptions to the passage of this statute. It further discusses the problems related to employee benefits and personal taxation. It states that the statute grants all the benefits, rights and protections to same sex partners which was earlier limited to opposite sex married couples.

The article states that as of December 2011, members of the labor union Local 6, have some of the best and most cost-effective care in the U.S. After winning its first union contract at the boutique Time Hotel in New York, room attendant Angel Aybar got an increase from 10 U.S. dollars to 16.50 U.S. dollars an hour. It notes that Local 6 members enjoy a health plan that boasts the highest rate of patient satisfaction in New York.

The article discusses several business drivers to the integration of financial services into the business models of benefits advisers. Among the advisers that have recognized the benefits of installing a consumer-driven phone line is New York-based Frenkel Benefits, which hired two people to man the phones. Lynn Finkelstein of Ernst & Young has observed a real increase in the average employee's financial education interest level, which amplifies the importance of financial services.

The article describes how hip-hop jewelry inspired by 1980s hip-hop music fashions, has come of age and will be presented in an auction at New York City's Phillips de Pury & Company called "Hip-Hop's Crown Jewels." Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's Hip-Hop Won't Stop initiative designed to build a hip-hop jewelry collection.

Focuses on the advantages of providing on-site influenza vaccines to employees in New York. Increase in the number of companies offering the benefit; Inclusion of the program in the corporate-wellness movement; Fear of litigation by some companies.

The article announces that aerospace company Lockheed Martin Corp. plans to hire more than 100 employees to fill the open positions at its upstate New York facilities.

The article offers information on the difficulty in managing the integration of financial and labor management in New York City. It states that the pay and fringe benefits of New York, are amongst the highest in the nation, where unions believe that high cost of living requires higher pay. It mentions that to get maximum returns from service cuts, the city has to shrink the areas funded out of local revenues. For this, Mayor Abraham Beame, has laid off 20,000 workers.

(Bloomberg) -- The Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer surrendered to authorities in New York to face state tax charges after a grand jury indicted him and his employer in the first criminal case against former President Donald Trump's company. "Mr. Weisselberg intends to plead not guilty and he will fight these charges in court", Weisselberg's lawyers, Mary Mulligan and Bryan Skarlatos, said in a statement issued after their client surrendered. "Payroll taxes are due on income", said Susan Hoffinger, a criminal tax attorney and former prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. [Extracted from the article]

The article reveals that New York bankers provided pensions and disability benefits to bank employees and death benefits to their families in March 1938.

The article focuses on issues regarding the consideration of employee welfare and pension funds as self-insured in New York. It says that the trustees of the National Maritime Union (NMU) Pension & Welfare Fund looked for a ruling on whether they could self-insure the welfare benefits legally. Martin Segal, the fund's consultant, cites that self-insurance in the NMU Welfare Fund would save approximately 120,000 dollars a year if it is legally permissible to self-insure the funds.

The article presents information on public employee pensions fund in New York. The pension funds cover about 1 million state workers in the state. According to a study, the state fund is stated to be solid, as compared to shortfalls in many other states. Critics have noted that say that projecting a high rate of return as offered by the fund is dangerous. INSET: TIER PRESSURE: BENEFITS REFORM.

The article reports that more New York employers are adopting a wellness programs to help lower the rising tide of health insurance premium cost. According to reports, employers are making wellness programs more available to their workers to control rising health-care costs. Accordingly, employers and employee benefit plan providers are offering financial incentives to encourage employees to adopt wellness as a way of life.

Keywords: NOTABLE WOMEN IN FINANCIAL ADVICE; CRAIN'S NEW YORK BUSINESS 2020 NOTABLE WOMEN IN FINANCIAL ADVICE EN NOTABLE WOMEN IN FINANCIAL ADVICE CRAIN'S NEW YORK BUSINESS 2020 NOTABLE WOMEN IN FINANCIAL ADVICE 22 22 1 12/12/20 20201207 NES 201207 Women account for only about 20% of our nation's financial advisors. STEPHANIE LYNN ACKLER Managing director-investments, private wealth financial advisor Wells Fargo Advisors Veteran financial advisor Stephanie Lynn Ackler began her career in 1984 at a predecessor firm of RBC Wealth Management. JEWELLE BICKFORD Partner, wealth advisor Evercore Wealth Management In 2013, Jewelle Bickford, a longtime wealth advisor, joined Evercore Wealth Management, a New York-based registered investment advisory firm managing $9.1 billion. Bickford chairs the firm's private wealth education initiative, continuing work she did at her previous firm, GenSpring Family Offices, where she led the company's focus on women and wealth. [Extracted from the article]

Discusses the standards of living wage set by the officials of Westchester County, New York . Discussion on employee benefits and employment rate; Minimum wage set in the state; Business conditions and estimated public expenditure for fiscal 2002-2003.

Pensions are a big waste of money. The problem with retirement pay is that it isn't worth all that much to the worker--at least, not as much as it costs the provider. This is emphatically true of military pensions, as Ira Carnahan relates on page 50. Promises of future stipends and health benefits are next to meaningless to young enlistees. So don't make the promises. Give them cash instead. As it is, some future payouts cost the Department of Defense 200 times as much as they are worth to the soldier. Private employers figured this out a long time ago. They are switching as fast as they can from classic monthly pensions to 401(k) plans. Give the workers a wad of money, nudge (but don't force) them to put some aside and let them accept the consequences. That way a worker gets an immediate, tangible stake in the retirement pot, a stake that shows up in a quarterly statement and that can be taken from job to job. The resulting labor market mobility does wonders for the economy. People don't stay stuck in dead-end jobs just for the pension.That way a worker gets an immediate, tangible stake in the retirement pot, a stake that shows up in a quarterly statement and that can be taken from job to job. Politicians are in the habit of favoring mañ ana pay--later generations of taxpayers will get stuck with the bills. Is it possible for a government to ease new hires into a 401(k)-style system? A Michigan governor swallowed hard and did just that in 1997. In a recent white paper two budget experts at the Manhattan Institute suggest that New York follow suit. But there doesn't seem to be any stampede of politicians taking up the cause.

Spotlights the forced resignation of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) CEO Richard Grasso. Public furor over large compensation package; Conflicts of interest within the NYSE; Effect of recent corporate scandals on company standards; Praise of Grasso's leadership qualities; Changes for the NYSE.

Highlights the benefits of working at Wegmans, a Rochester, New York supermarket. How they provide management-training programs for their employees; Organization of work-related trips to foreign countries; Comments of manager Amy Barmore.

Notes that when Merrill Lynch's fixed income and equity research divisions took top honors in an industry poll for the second year in a row, New York City employees were rewarded with a week of casual-dress days.

The article offers information on the International Council of Shopping Centers Inc. in New York City. It presents the council's background and its accounting policies, as well as its investments at market value. It also highlights the benefits offered to employees such as the retirement medical plan. Also included are the organization's operating expenses which include the salaries, rent and administrative costs.

The article reports on the inclusion of dental health care insurance in employee fringe benefits in the U.S. as shown by the bill passed by the New York State legislature to permit the state dental society to establish its own dental service insurance plans.

The article reports on the financial compensation involving injured employees in New York. It reveals that the appellate division of the New York State Supreme Court has upheld a 55 dollar-a-week State Workers' Compensation Board award to the widow of a man who died after a company dinner. It also notes that doing the twist involves strenuous exertion for the compensation has understated the compensation board.

The article reports that New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is implementing wage increase for public employees in the state by 2021. Information about the strengthened minimum salary initiatives for low-wage New Yorkers, is provided. Also mentioned is the effect of the minimum wage increase to the families and the state to close pay gap in women and boost the economy, according to U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney.

The article reports on a state law in New York which mandates partially paid leave of up to 12 weeks for workers caring for a new child or helping out when a family member is sick or on active military duty and protects their job and health benefits. Topics discussed include comments from Frank Kerbein, director of the Center for Human Resources at the Business Council of New York State and coverage of the law.

The article focuses on the plan pursued by labor leaders and businesses in New York that would set up a pool of money to fund benefits such as health insurance and retirement fund contributions for independent contractors.

Focuses on the benefits of Rochester, New York-based law firm Harter Secrest & Emery's collegiality and lifestyle choices approach to its associates and partners. Ranking of the firm in the 2004 Midlevel Associates Survey; Recruitment techniques of the firm; Average base salary and bonuses received by associates.

Discusses issues related to wages and benefits of retail trade employees and sales personnel in New York. Reduction of benefits and employee-based programs; Survey of the hourly and annual mean wage for sales personnel in 2002; Status of sales personnel at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

The article offers news briefs related to law enforcement in several U.S. states. It mentions a new contract by Novi, Michigan police officers. Some Council members of New York have filed a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department (NYPD), claiming that the latter violated the rights of the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Meanwhile, a Parma Police Department officer has been ordered to return the compensation benefits he was paid after an injury that caused disability.

A table is presented which ranks the top employee-benefits consultants in New York based on the number of Central New York (CNY) benefits-consulting professionals including EBS-RMSCO Inc., ENV Insurance Agency LLC, and Benefit Design Services Corp.

The article offers information on the compensation of executives in nonprofit organizations in New York. It mentions that the compensation of executives in the said sector is the most frequently asked question in the state. It notes that aside from the basic salary they received, they also get performance incentive, traditional fringe benefits and enhanced fringe benefits.

The article reports on the decision of the members of the Civil Service Employees Association to accept major wage and benefits concessions sought by New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on August 15, 2011. According to the union, its members had voted by about 60 percent to 40 percent to approve the contract agreement that was signed by Cuomo and union leaders in June 2011. The author adds that the approval was an important victory for Cuomo in closing the state's budget gap.