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Leaders and Elected Officials from New York’s Finger Lakes Region Address Housing Crisis Following Governor Hochul’s Roundtable

March 29, 2023

Voice of Business Blog Governor Kathy Hochul hosted a community roundtable, led by administration officials, with local leaders and elected representatives in New York’s Finger Lakes region to discuss the New York Housing Compact – the Governor’s comprehensive strategy announced in the FY 2024 Executive Budget to address New York’s housing crisis and build 800,000…

Mineral HR Compliance Portal – Complimentary Member Benefit

March 28, 2023

Voice of Business Blog Whether you manage HR full-time or as part of your overall job duties, you need access to reliable, accurate HR tools. Here are the top tools organizations like yours are using on the Mineral HR Compliance portal:   1. Employee Handbook Builder – Quickly and easily build and update your company’s…

2023 Local and National Benefits Survey Now Available

March 28, 2023

Voice of Business Blog The results of the 2023 Local and National Benefits Survey were recently released. This survey contains the policies and practices sections of the former Policies and Benefits Survey which includes topics such as: pay practices, paid time off, recruitment, training and development, employee/community relations, and workplace policies.   Data was collected…

Bob Duffy: Industry councils yield actionable insight

March 28, 2023

Voice of Business Blog As part of Greater Rochester Chamber’s focus to enhance and strengthen our advocacy capabilities for our membership, we began a series of meetings early this year with the leaders of a multitude of businesses and organizations in the Rochester region. These meetings were organized by our membership director, Kevin Donahue, and…

2023 Greater Rochester Chamber Advocacy Day Recap

March 28, 2023

Voice of Business Blog On Thursday, March 23, 2023, Greater Rochester Chamber brought six representatives from member organizations to Albany to meet with elected officials for an annual Advocacy Day. These members span industries and sizes to bring the needs of the #GreaterROC business community directly to government leaders. Industries represented included manufacturing, information technology,…

Hire Local Youth through the Summer of Opportunity Program!

March 8, 2023

Voice of Business Blog According to a recent report shared by YouScience, there are likely to be 85 million unfilled jobs by 2030.  In large part, the gap can be attributed to the fact that young people are not aware that many in demand careers even exist!   The good news is, there is something you…

City to host Upstate MWBE Conference March 22-24

March 3, 2023

Member News Mayor Malik D. Evans has encouraged minority and women business owners to register to attend the City of Rochester’s inaugural Upstate MWBE Conference March 22 through 24 to learn how they can compete for government contracts. MWBE (Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises) is a federal program administered by state and local governments…

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