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 ...

Congress has not agreed on a funding bill before their Friday deadline, triggering a partial government shutdown just days before Christmas and directly impact hundreds of thousands of federal workers ...

The main issue in this appeal was whether a teacher was an essential employee who was entitled to a rebuttable presumption that getting COVID-19 was work-related and compensable under workers’ ...