When UB cancels classes during severe weather, staff and faculty often receive messages from the university saying that “essential employees” should still report to work. But who is considered ...

Workplace policies often preach flexibility and fairness, until an employee actually needs them. When a high-performing HR employee was disciplined for missing work with the flu and later pneumonia, a ...

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Recently, severe weather affecting Erie County resulted in the New York State Office of Employee Relations (OER) to direct telecommuting, early departure, and absence without charge to accruals. These ...