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NY A05000
Bill
Status
2/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Harry Bronson
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AI Summary
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Clarifies that liquidated damages for labor law violations are compensatory in nature, not penalties, ensuring equal enforceability in both state and federal courts
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Establishes that statutory damages for wage notice and wage statement violations compensate workers for harms including inability to discover wage theft, potential loss of claims due to statute of limitations, and stress from unclear pay details
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Confirms employees can recover full wages, benefits, wage supplements, statutory damages, and liquidated damages accrued during the six years prior to filing an action
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Explicitly permits recovery of liquidated damages (100% of underpayments) and statutory damages in class action lawsuits
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Applies retroactively to all labor law violations that occurred within six years prior to the act's effective date
Legislative Description
Clarifies that the statutory damages available for certain wage violations are not punitive in nature and are designed to be liquidated damages rather than penalties or to compensate workers for the employer's failure to prevent wage theft and for the harm to employees that results from such failure.
Last Action
reported referred to codes
2/4/2026