On June 14, 2011, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the New York State Department of Labor reached a $5.1 million settlement with New York...
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The New York Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA)
New York Wage Theft Prevention Act Notices Must Be Distributed Between January 1 and February 1, 2012 The WTPA, which went into April 9, 2011,...
NYSDOL Revises WARN Regulations
On July 9, 2010, the New York State Department of Labor filed new regulations implementing the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining...
Deductions for Overpayments and Wage Advances Prohibited Under New York Law
One of the most common questions we receive from our clients is “can we deduct an overpayment or wage advance from our employee’s paycheck?” To...
NYSDOL Revises “NY Mini-WARN” Regulations
The New York State Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("NY Mini-WARN") Act is designed to give employees, their representatives, the New...
NYSDOL Clarifies New “Notice of Pay” Requirements
In the November 2009 edition of “Real Workplace Issues,” we highlighted New York State’s new requirement that NY employers provide newly-hired...
NYS Dept. of Labor Releases “Notice of Pay” Form
NOVEMBER 2009 The New York State Department of Labor has released its long-awaited model “Notice and Acknowledgment of Wage Rate and Designated Pay...
Commissioned Salespersons Must Now Have Written Agreements
New York Labor Law Section 191 (c) has been amended, effective October 16, 2007, to require that employers place the terms of employment for...
A Look into the Future: Last Employer Will Soon be Able to Have Unemployment Benefit Charges Recalculated
Currently, the last employer is required to pay 100% of unemployment insurance benefits for the first seven weeks of a former employee's claim....