Effective January 1, 2011, the New York Department of Labor promulgated a new wage order covering the hospitality industry. However, due to the New York Labor Law’s six year limitations period, litigation continues addressing the propriety of various industry employer practices under the old regulations. In one such case, Judge Thomas J. McAvoy of the Northern
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The New York State Department of Labor in 2011: New Rules, Stiffer Penalties
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in New York State
As reported here and here, the New York Department of Labor will have a full plate in 2011 enforcing both the new Hospitality Industry Wage Order (applicable to industry employers) and the Wage Theft Prevention Act (applicable to all employers in New York). The Hospitality Wage Order modifies many of the rules governing industry employers…