Title LAB, Labor

§ 654. Basis of changes in minimum wage. In establishing minimum\nwages and regulations for any occupation or occupations pursuant to the\nprovisions of the following sections of this article, the wage board and\nthe commissioner shall consider the amount sufficient to provide\n…

§ 655. Wage board; procedure; report. 1. Wage board. A wage board\nshall be composed of not more than three representatives of employers,\nan equal number of representatives of employees and an equal number of\npersons selected from the general public. The commissioner shall\nap…

§ 656. Action by commissioner upon wage board report. When the wage\nboard submits its report and recommendations to the commissioner, the\ncommissioner shall forthwith file them with the secretary of the\ndepartment. Within five days of their receipt, the commissioner shall\npu…

§ 657. Appeals from wage orders and regulations. 1. Finality. Any\nminimum wage order and regulation issued by the commissioner pursuant to\nthis article shall, unless appealed from as provided in this section, be\nfinal. The findings of the commissioner as to the facts shall be…

§ 658. Appeals from compliance orders. An appeal pursuant to section\ntwo hundred eighteen or two hundred nineteen of this chapter from an\norder issued by the commissioner directing compliance with any provision\nof this article or with any minimum wage order or regulation prom…

§ 659. Reconsideration of wage orders and regulations. 1. By wage\nboard. At any time after a minimum wage order has been in effect for six\nmonths or more, the commissioner, on his own motion or on a petition of\nfifty or more residents of the state engaged in or affected by th…

§ 660. Commissioner's powers of investigation. The commissioner or his\nauthorized representative shall have power: (a) to investigate the wages\nof persons in any occupation in the state; (b) to enter the place of\nbusiness or employment of any employer for the purpose of (1) e…

§ 661. Records of employers. For all employees covered by this\narticle, every employer shall establish, maintain, and preserve for not\nless than six years contemporaneous, true, and accurate payroll records\nshowing for each week worked the hours worked, the rate or rates of p…

§ 662. Penalties. 1. Failure to pay minimum wage or overtime\ncompensation. Any employer or his or her agent, or the officer or agent\nof any corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, who pays\nor agrees to pay to any employee less than the wage applicable under\nt…

§ 663. Civil action. 1. By employee. If any employee is paid by his or\nher employer less than the wage to which he or she is entitled under the\nprovisions of this article, he or she shall recover in a civil action\nthe amount of any such underpayments, together with costs all …

§ 664. Referrals by employment agencies. No employment agency shall\nplace or attempt to place any employee in an occupation at less than the\nwage applicable to such occupation under this article.\n The term "employment agency" as used in this section shall mean an\nemployment …

§ 665. Savings clause. If any provision of this article or the\napplication thereof to any person, employer, occupation or circumstance\nis held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of\nsuch provision to other persons, employees, occupations, or\ncircumstanc…

§ 670. Statement of public policy; findings. The legislature of the\nstate of New York declares that it is the public policy of the state and\nthe purpose of this act that minimum wage standards shall apply to farm\nworkers, so as to eliminate as rapidly as practicable the emplo…

§ 671. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Farm" includes stock,\ndairy, poultry, furbearing animal, fruit and truck farms, plantations,\norchards, nurseries, greenhouses, or other similar structures, used\nprimarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodi…

§ 672. Application of article. This article shall apply to every\nemployer during any part of the twelve consecutive months beginning\nFebruary first, nineteen hundred seventy and February first of each\nsubsequent year, preceded by a calendar year in which the cash\nremuneratio…

§ 673. Minimum wage. 1. Statutory. Every employer shall pay to each of\nits employees for each hour worked a wage of not less than the wage\nestablished pursuant to subdivision one of section six hundred fifty-two\nof this chapter, or such other wage as may be established in acc…

§ 673-a. Farm workers; mandatory work agreements. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any general, special or local law, rule or regulation to\nthe contrary, for the purpose of notifying each employee, in writing, of\nthe conditions of employment every employer shall utilize the …

§ 674. Regulations. 1. The commissioner may promulgate such\nregulations as he deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this\narticle and to safeguard minimum wage standards. Such regulations may\ninclude, but are not limited to, the defining of the circumstances or\ncondi…

§ 674-a. Farm laborers wage board. 1. Wage board. The commissioner\nshall hereby convene a farm laborers wage board. The wage board shall be\ncomprised of three members: one representative of the farm bureau, one\nrepresentative of the New York State AFL-CIO and one member appoi…

§ 676. Appeals from regulations. 1. Finality. Any regulation issued\nby the commissioner pursuant to this article shall, unless appealed from\nas provided in this section, be final. The findings of the commissioner\nas to the facts shall be conclusive.\n 2. Review by board of st…

§ 677. Appeals from compliance orders. Within sixty days after the\nissuance by the commissioner of an order to comply with any provision of\nthis article or with any minimum wage regulation promulgated thereunder,\nany person aggrieved may appeal questions of law and fact invol…

§ 678. Commissioner's powers of investigation. The commissioner or\nhis authorized representative shall have power: (a) to investigate the\nwages of persons employed on a farm; (b) to enter the place of business\nor employment of any employer for the purpose of (1) examining and…

§ 679. Records of employers. Every employer shall keep true and\naccurate records of hours worked by each employee, the wages paid, and\nsuch other information as the commissioner deems material and necessary,\nand shall, on demand, furnish to the commissioner or his duly author…

§ 680. Penalties. 1. Discrimination against employee. Any employer or\nhis agent, or the officer or agent of any corporation, who discharges or\nin any other manner discriminates against any employee because such\nemployee has made a complaint to his employer, or to the commissi…

§ 681. Civil action. 1. By employee. If any employee is paid by his\nemployer less than the wage to which he is entitled under the provisions\nof this article, he may recover in a civil action the amount of any such\nunderpayments, together with costs and such reasonable attorne…

§ 682. Referrals by employment agencies. No employment agency shall\nplace or attempt to place any employee in an occupation at less than the\nwage applicable to such occupation under this article.\n The term "employment agency" as used in this section shall mean an\nemployment …

§ 683. Savings clause. If any portion of this article or the\napplication thereof to any person, employer, occupation or circumstance\nis held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of\nsuch provision to other persons, employees, occupations, or\ncircumstances…

§ 690. Application. The provisions of this article shall apply to all\nemployment agencies, under the authority of this chapter and as defined\nin section one hundred seventy-one of the general business law, which\narrange employment for domestic or household employees.\n

§ 691. Statement of employee rights and employer obligations under\nstate and federal law. 1. Every licensed employment agency under the\njurisdiction of the commissioner and engaged in the job placement of\ndomestic workers or household employees shall provide to each applicant…

§ 692. Statement of job conditions; records. 1. Every licensed\nemployment agency under the jurisdiction of the commissioner and engaged\nin the job placement of domestic workers or household employees shall\nprovide to each applicant for employment as a domestic worker or\nhous…

§ 693. Enforcement. The commissioner, or his or her duly authorized\nagent or inspector, is authorized pursuant to section one hundred\neighty-nine of the general business law to implement and carry out the\nrequirements of this article.\n

§ 694. Violations. Any person who violates, and the officers of a\ncorporation and stockholders holding ten percent or more of the stock of\na corporation which is not publicly traded who knowingly permit the\ncorporation to violate, subdivisions one and two of sections six hund…

§ 695-a. Statement of public policy; findings. The legislature\ndeclares that it is the public policy of the state and the purpose of\nthis act to create a framework for child care providers to secure\nrepresentation to help improve the environment in which they work.\n The legi…

§ 695-b. Definitions. As used in this article, "child care provider"\nshall mean:\n 1. An operator of a group family day care home as defined in paragraph\n(d) of subdivision one of section three hundred ninety of the social\nservices law or\n 2. A family day care home as define…

§ 695-c. Representation units. For purposes of this article only, New\nYork's child care providers shall be divided into four representation\nunits as follows:\n 1. All child care providers in New York city who are paid from funds\nadministered by New York city pursuant to secti…

§ 695-d. Procedure for recognition. 1. For the purpose of this\narticle, New York state shall recognize as the representative of the\nchild care providers in any unit set forth in section six hundred\nninety-five-c of this article each representative as is designated by a\nmajor…

§ 695-e. Challenges. Any party seeking to challenge the status of a\nunit representative may submit information to the SERB. The SERB shall\ndetermine whether the information provides a reasonable basis to\nconstitute that a majority of the unit wishes to be represented by a\ndi…

§ 695-f. Application of this article. 1. The office of children and\nfamily services shall meet with the designated representative of those\nunits of child care providers, either jointly or separately, for the\npurpose of entering into a written agreement to the extent feasible.…

§ 695-g. Legal effect. Nothing herein shall:\n 1. Permit child care providers collectively the right to engage in a\nstrike or to take work action to secure any right or privilege from the\nstate or its agencies;\n 2. Render a child care provider a state officer or employee or i…

§ 696-a. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Covered airport\nlocation" means John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia\nAirport or any location used to perform work related to the preparation\nor delivery of food for consumption on airplanes departing from John …

§ 696-b. Minimum wage rate for covered airport workers. All employers\nat a covered airport location shall ensure that every covered airport\nworker is compensated at a rate that is no less than the applicable\nstandard rate. Nothing in this article shall alter or limit any\nemp…

§ 696-c. Commissioner's powers of investigation. The commissioner or\nsuch commissioner's authorized representative shall have the power to:\n 1. investigate the compensation of covered airport workers in the\nstate;\n 2. enter the place of business or employment of any employer…

§ 696-d. Records of employers. For every employee covered by this\narticle, every employer shall establish, maintain, and preserve for not\nless than six years contemporaneous, true, and accurate payroll records\nshowing for each week worked the hours worked, the compensation\np…

§ 696-e. Penalties. 1. If the commissioner finds that any employer has\nviolated any provision of this article or of a rule or regulation\npromulgated thereunder, the commissioner may, after an opportunity for a\nhearing, and by an order which shall describe particularly the nat…

§ 696-f. Civil action. 1. On behalf of any employee paid less than the\napplicable standard rate to which the employee is entitled under the\nprovisions of this article, the commissioner may bring any legal action\nnecessary, including administrative action, to collect such clai…

§ 696-g. Regulations. The commissioner may promulgate such regulations\nas such commissioner deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this\narticle and to safeguard minimum compensation standards.\n

§ 696-h. Savings clause. 1. If any provision of this article or the\napplication thereof to any person, occupation or circumstance is held\ninvalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such\nprovision to other persons, employees, occupations, or circumstances\nsh…

§ 700. Findings and policy. In the interpretation and application of\nthis article, and otherwise, it is hereby declared to be the public\npolicy of the state to encourage the practice and procedure of\ncollective bargaining, and to protect employees in the exercise of full\nfre…

§ 701. Definitions. When used in this article:\n 1. The term "person" includes one or more individuals, partnerships,\nassociations, corporations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in\nbankruptcy, or receivers.\n 2. (a) The term "employer" includes any person acting on b…

§ 702. Special mediators. The board may, when necessary, appoint or\ndesignate special mediators who shall have the authority and power of\nmembers of the board with regard to such matter, provided that their\nauthority and power to act for the board shall cease upon the conclus…