In a rare decision interpreting the New York State Department of Labor’s Wage Order applicable to the Building Services Industry, New York State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe recently revisited and confirmed her prior ruling that employees in a residential building who meet the Wage Order’s definition of “janitor” are not entitled to overtime pay
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New York City, State Legislatures Pass Bills
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in New York State
As expected, the New York City Council has overridden Mayor Bloomberg’s veto, making the Earned Sick Time Act law in New York City. At the state level, the legislature has passed a measure called the Commercial Goods Transportation Fair Play Act. Like its namesake the Construction Industry Fair Play Act, this measure addresses…
New York Appeals Court Affirms That Policy Language Governs Whether Vacation Must Be Paid Out
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in New York State
While some areas of wage-and-hour law are regulated extensively under the New York Labor Law and the relevant Wage Orders, in the area of vacation pay (and similar paid time off benefits) New York employers can define the terms of the benefit based on the seminal court decision addressing these issues, Glenville Gage Co. v. …