On May 28, 2013, New York’s highest state court, the New York Court of Appeals, will hear oral argument regarding the scope and application of New York Labor Law 196-d and its tip splitting provisions to Starbucks’ tip pooling practices. The court’s analysis of these issues, which came to the court as certified questions from
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New York’s Highest Court Limits Scope of Prevailing Wage Statute
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in New York State
In addition to the FLSA and New York Department of Labor’s (NYSDOL) Wage Orders, both of which contain minimum wage and overtime requirements, pursuant to Article 8 of the New York Labor Law, employers in New York may be required to pay “prevailing wage” to workers employed on public works projects, (There is a separate…