An Act sitting in the New York State Senate may bring important changes to the New York Labor Law. If Governor Cuomo signs the Act then employers will no longer be required to provide annual wage notices. Instead employers will only have to provide an employee with a wage notice upon hire. If an employer does not provide an employee with a wage notice after 10 business days of the employee’s first day of work, then a penalty of up ...
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On June 18th, 2014, Senator Tom Harkin along with 8 other Senate Democrats launched the Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act in order to protect low and mid-wage salaried workers. As our outdated overtime laws deny many Americans nationwide pay that reflect their hours worked, this legislation would help employees achieve the simple right of being adequately compensated for a long days work.
Changes would be gradual and would look to raise the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative and ...
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