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2 Co-sponsors
History
- Recommit, enacting clause stricken
- Referred to labor
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Title of bill
An act to amend the labor law, in relation to eliminating an employer's annual notice requirement
Purpose
This bill will eliminate the requirement that employers annually provide a notice regarding pay and other information to every employee.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends section 195 of the labor law as amended by chapter 564 of the laws of 2010 to eliminate the requirement that employers annually provide a notice regarding pay and other information to every employee.
Section 2. Establishes the effective date.
Justification
This bill would repeal the "job theft prevention act of 2010" requirement that each year, a written notice on wages be provided by all private sector employers to all New York State employees, and that a written acknowledgement of the receipt of this notice be obtained from the employees and maintained for six years. Failure to comply with this requirement is subject to a penalty of $50 per employee. This mandate imposes a new administrative cost on every private sector employer in the state, with aggregate costs in the millions of dollars, and will do little to improve overall compliance with the state's wage laws. The Department of Labor has conceded that wage compliance is an issue for only a small percentage of New York State employers, despite the universal application of this annual notice requirement. This type of annual notification requirement should be reserved for instances where non-compliance has been an issue, however, as an across the board measure, it will add costs and provide little if any additional benefit. Moreover, this modification to the WPTA leaves in place its most significant reforms intended to assure payment of all wages earned by employees.
Legislative history
S.6063A/A.8856 of 2011-2012; S.2313/A.8565 - 2013-14
Fiscal implications
Savings to employers as this legislation will eliminate this administrative cost.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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