Sentences with phrase «state wage theft»

«As a New York State Assemblyman, Hakeem stood side by side with our members and fought on our behalf as we worked to pass the New York State Wage Theft Prevention Act in 2010, a bill that provides workers in New York State protections against irresponsible employers who fail to pay their workers.

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«And his persistent work against wage theft by employers violating laws for prevailing wage, minimum wage and overtime, has recovered millions of dollars that have made a huge difference for many low - income workers in the state.

In Cuomo's proposal, state labor commissioner Roberta Reardon said it's hard for employers to keep track of their workers» tips and difficulties with recordkeeping open the door for wage theft and exploitation.

«Our priority issues in the past two legislative sessions included business tax reform, controls on state spending, Wage Theft Act reform.»

District attorneys in all five boroughs of New York City and in other counties, in coordination with state agencies, have ratcheted up efforts against wage theft in the construction industry.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to propose legislation that would allow the state to aggressively go after wage theft, holding the top 10 officials from out - of - state limited liability companies personally financially liable for unsatisfied judgments for unpaid wages.

Cuomo is set to announced in his State of the State address that his administration will be sponsoring temporary visas for undocumented immigrants who can show they were victims of wage theft or physical abuse by their employers, a proposal The Daily News's Juan Gonzalez compares to the late Mario Cuomo.

Hawkins supports raising the state minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, indexed to increases in worker productivity, and would crack down on the epidemic of wage theft in the state Gov. Andrew Cuomo has refused more than a year to convene a minimum wage board to provide a wage hike to tip workers despite this being part of the wage agreement last year with the legislature.

She co-coordinated the Florida Wage Theft Task Force, which led the passage of ordinances in several counties throughout the state.

Further Strengthen New York's Efforts to Crack Down on Wage Theft - «[A] mend State law to hold the top 10 members of out - of - state limited liability companies personally financially liable for unsatisfied judgments for unpaid wages.&rState law to hold the top 10 members of out - of - state limited liability companies personally financially liable for unsatisfied judgments for unpaid wages.&rstate limited liability companies personally financially liable for unsatisfied judgments for unpaid wages.»

Hawkins also said he would take action to crack down on the epidemic of wage theft in the state, which is estimated to cost low - income workers just in NYC more than a billion dollars annually.

Cuomo this year refused to add more labor department staff in the state budget to cut down on the two year backlog of wage theft cases.

Deborah Axt, Deputy Director of Make the Road New York, said: «By signing the Wage Theft Prevention Act, Governor Paterson makes a commitment that New York State will finally stand up for workers, crack down on lawless employers, and use the power of the State to ensure fair, treatment for vulnerable, low - wage immigrant workers.&raWage Theft Prevention Act, Governor Paterson makes a commitment that New York State will finally stand up for workers, crack down on lawless employers, and use the power of the State to ensure fair, treatment for vulnerable, low - wage immigrant workers.&rawage immigrant workers.»

Governor Cuomo signed legislation designed to improve the ability of workers and the Department of Labor to tackle wage theft in New York State.

On the employment side, Fox represents clients in trade secret theft, executive departures, wage and hour compliance and collective actions, corporate downsizing, leaves of absence, harassment investigations and compliance with federal and state anti-discrimination and retaliation statues.

The onboarding paperwork experience includes the application, authorizations and disclosures, background screening and verification, drug screening, federal tax withholding, state tax withholding, medical insurance and ACA forms, 401K, short - term and long - term disability, voluntary disclosure of disability, COBRA acknowledgement, non-compete agreement, employee handbook agreement, direct deposit, emergency contact, wage theft, EEO... gasp!