Requires employers to give written notice of the rate of pay and the regular pay day upon hiring, and get written acknowledgment thereof from each employee; also requires notice of the rate of overtime pay.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6962
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 18, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. LATIMER -- (at request of the Department of
Labor) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to providing notice to
employees of the terms and conditions of employment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 195 of the labor law, as added by
2 chapter 548 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as follows:
3 1. notify his or her employees, in writing, at the time of hiring of
4 the rate of pay and of the regular pay day designated by the employer in
5 accordance with section one hundred ninety-one of this article, and
6 obtain a written acknowledgement from each employee of receipt of this
7 notice. Such acknowledgement shall conform to any requirements estab-
8 lished by the commissioner with regard to content and form. For all
9 employees who are eligible for overtime compensation as established in
10 the commissioner's minimum wage orders or otherwise provided by law or
11 regulation, the notice must state the regular hourly rate and overtime
12 rate of pay;
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
14 have become a law and shall apply to all employees hired on or after
15 such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09017-02-9
