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NY A07744
Bill
Status
6/6/2023
Primary Sponsor
Brian Maher
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AI Summary
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Removes employer size requirements that previously restricted semi-monthly wage payment authorization to large employers with 1,000+ employees in New York or 3,000+ employees outside the state.
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Allows the Commissioner of Labor to authorize any employer to pay wages less frequently than weekly but not less frequently than semi-monthly if the employer meets financial and administrative requirements including payroll history, workers' compensation coverage, and computerized record keeping.
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Requires Commissioner approval for semi-monthly payment arrangements to be withheld if the employer's manual workers are represented by a labor organization unless that organization consents.
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Provides employers immunity from civil liability when employees unknowingly violate wage payment frequency provisions.
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Establishes a civil penalty not to exceed $25 per employee for employers knowingly violating the wage payment frequency requirements.
Legislative Description
Requires employers to pay employees who are manual workers no less than semi-monthly; provides that there is no civil penalty against an employer by an employee who unknowingly violates such provisions; authorizes the commissioner to levy a civil penalty against employers who violate such provisions.
Last Action
referred to labor
1/3/2024