NEW LABOR LAW – Notice of Pay Rate and Payday for New Hires
As recently published on the New York State Labor Department website:
Starting on October 26, 2009, employers must give newly-hired workers written notice of the rate at which they will be paid and their regular payday, under Section 195.1 of New York’s Labor Law. The notice must be given to new employees before they do any work.
The written notice must also include the employee’s overtime rate of pay, if they qualify for overtime. Most employees must receive overtime pay at one-and-a-half times their regular rate of pay for all hours they work over 40 in a given week. A very few occupations are not covered by the overtime provisions of labor law, such as farm workers and professionals.
No particular form is required. Employers may create their own forms, or use and/or adapt a sample form available at the link below. In the near future, sample forms for a variety of pay agreements (salaried, prevailing rate, exempt, and others) will be provided [on the site].
Notice & Acknowledgement of Wage Rate and Designated Payday – LS 52