On June 19, 2014, the New York Legislature passed a bill
that would eliminate the requirement that employers provide annual wage notices
to employees. Currently, under the Wage
Theft Prevention Act, employers must provide wage notices to all employees by
February 1 of each year. The bill would
eliminate that mandate starting in 2015.
The bill, however, would not modify the requirement that
employers provide a wage notice to new employees upon their hire. It also would increase the penalties for an
employer’s failure to provide such wage statements.
If Governor Cuomo signs the bill, it will take effect
sixty days after it is signed. Please
feel free to contact Connell Foley’s labor and employment law attorneys if you
have questions about the bill or any other wage and hour law issue.
