With recent updates to the law, it’s back to school time for N.Y. employers
It’s back to school time here in Rochester, so I just put my kids on the bus for their first day back in class. Before letting them go, like any good parent, I made sure to remind each of them about the importance of studying hard, keeping up to date on all of their assignments, and, most importantly, avoiding the mystery meat in the school cafeteria.
Setting aside the food-related advice, I have similar counsel for you, dear readers. With school back in session, it’s time to hit the books and bone up on some important changes in the employment law. While students were enjoying the last few weeks of summer vacation, New York State adopted several new employment laws. Below is a cheat sheet. Now start studying!
Increased Potential Criminal Penalties for “Wage Theft”
In New York, the definition of criminal larceny has recently been updated to include wage theft, which occurs when a person “hires a person to perform services and the person provides such services” but the employer “does not pay wages, at the minimum wage rate and overtime, or promised wage, if greater than the minimum wage rate and overtime, to said person for the work performed. Prior to this change, employers in New York already faced potential misdemeanor charges for stealing wages (although, in my experience, such charges were rarely, if ever, pursued). However, this new law ups the ante. Criminal larceny...
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