Department of Labor

United States Senator Charles Schumer is calling on a federal agency to investigate the sudden shutdown of nearly two-dozen Friendly's restaurants.

A Kirkwood plant that makes components for Shop Vac wet/dry vacuum cleaners will be letting over 100 workers go in the next few months.

While most of New York state experienced employment gains over the last 12 months, the Binghamton labor market lost hundreds of jobs.

The Binghamton area unemployment rate last month was lower than a year earlier.
According to the state Department of Labor, the jobless rate for the Binghamton market - which includes Broome and Tioga counties - dropped to 7.7 percent...

The Binghamton metropolitan area posted no increase in its annual private sector average job count.
The state Department of Labor today reported every metro area of New York except Binghamton and Elmira showed gains in their average job counts between 2011 and 2012...

Endicott police say a village man has been charged with grand larceny for allegedly receiving unemployment benefits to which he was not entitled.
Investigators say 61-year-old Kenneth Reynolds of North Nanticoke Avenue was arrested Monday...