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NY A01978
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brian Maher
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AI Summary
- Removes the requirement that employers must have 1,000+ employees in New York (or 3,000+ outside the state) to qualify for semi-monthly pay authorization instead of weekly pay for manual workers
- Allows any employer to apply for semi-monthly pay authorization if they demonstrate financial ability to meet payroll, workers' compensation coverage, no outstanding tax warrants, and computerized payroll systems
- Eliminates civil liability for employers who unknowingly violate wage payment frequency requirements, absent fraud or bad faith
- Authorizes the labor commissioner to impose civil penalties up to $25 per employee against employers who knowingly violate wage payment frequency provisions
- Requires consent from labor organizations representing manual workers before the commissioner can approve an employer's semi-monthly pay application
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
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Labor1/14/2025
Full Bill Text
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