S7256 Summary

• Creates employee liens on both real and personal property for unpaid wages, wage claim violations under labor law articles 1, 6, 19, and 19-A, and federal Fair Labor Standards Act violations, enforceable for three years after employment ends.

• Establishes filing and service procedures for employee liens in county clerk offices (real property) and through UCC financing statements (personal property), with one-year duration renewable through extensions or court orders.

• Allows wage claims as grounds for attachment under CPLR § 6201, exempting employees from the standard undertaking requirement and limiting it to $500 or waiving it entirely.

• Eliminates prior notice requirements for employees to hold the ten largest shareholders of non-publicly traded corporations personally liable for unpaid wages, salaries, and related liquidated damages and penalties.

• Eliminates prior notice requirements for employees to hold the ten members with largest ownership interests in limited liability companies personally liable for wage theft, and grants employees inspection rights for company records related to their employment period.