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From the Times Union earlier this week: State Office of Information Technology Services employee Wajahat A. …

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A (non-HR) colleague of mine reached out to me. “My client, who shall remain nameless, docked …

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When my son Noah was born via an emergency c-section nearly 14 years ago, it was …

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Thanks to the television monitors in the Lecture Center complex at the University at Albany, I clearly …

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Last Friday, my colleague Mary Martinez invited me to view her session on Human Resources Fundamentals, …

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At best, determining an employee’s exemption from overtime (a.k.a. “exempt” status) is a case-by-case analysis exercise. …

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