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BU PR students volunteered to publicize the Service Dog Project, a local nonprofit that breeds and trains Great Danes to aid veterans and more.

Business community to hear from Poloncarz Friday Poloncarz: "Extremely close” to “substantial risk of community spread” and last updated 2021-07-29 17:25:37-04 ECDOH Erie County Department of Health graphic on cases. Poloncarz issued a Tweet Thursday saying as of July 28 there are 98 new cases of COVID, the county’s 7-day average per 100,000 residents is now at 48. It takes 50 to 99 cases to rise to ‘substantial’ level. Businesses are waiting and wondering what it ...

Finding a balance: How banks, law firms, and other companies are planning the return to an in-person workplace Professional service companies have operated with more flexibility during the pandemic than food service and manufacturing firms that required an earlier return. Author: Rob Hackford (WGRZ) Updated: 11:45 PM EDT June 4, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. — The flexibility of working from home for thousands of Western New Yorkers in a professional service industry may ...

Weed and the workplace: how legalization changes workers rights WKBW and last updated 2021-04-23 23:09:23-04 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — On March 31st, employee policies across the state changed when Governor Cuomo officially legalized recreational marijuana. "Employers can no longer discipline employees who decide to use marijuana outside of the workplace," James Grasso, labor and employment attorney at Phillips Lytle, said. Previously, smoking schedule one drug marijuana could be cause for t...

Businesses opposed to mandates seeking to prevent spread of airborne disease NY lawmakers approved legislation that mandates businesses take steps to protect employees from airborne infectious diseases like COVID. But businesses are concerned because the legislation allows employees to sue employers if they don’t comply. and last updated 2021-04-23 17:20:46-04 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — When it comes to mitigating the threat that COVID-19 poses in the workplace, Confer Plastics safety gui...