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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.

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.

Empaneling a wage board allows Cuomo to circumvent the need for legislative approval — a maneuver that AG Eric Schneiderman, who has been pursuing cases of wage theft in the fast food industry since 2013, publicly called on the governor to pursue in a Daily News OpEd last month.

A report by Anzalone Research Group published by Fast Food Forward, the campaign behind the fast food strikes in New York, found that of the 500 fast food workers it surveyed in New York in April 2013, 84 % said that their employer had committed at least one form of wage theft in the past year.

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Both Rozic and Sen. Diane Savino have backed legislation that would codify cheerleaders in law as employees, not independent contractors of the team, giving them stronger protections when it comes to wage theft.

Grace understands the severe economic consequences of wage theft to tax payers, workers and responsible employers and worked diligently to ensure the law passed in the first year it was introduced.

Grace is also strong supporter of the Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA), a law that was passed in 2010 and strongly supported by the members of UFCW Local 1500.

«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 2014, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the Department of Labor fined a New York City carwash company $ 3.9 million for labor violations, which included wage theft.

The tuition plan joins additional policy proposals rolled out by Cuomo this month, including a tax credit program to make childcare more affordable, investments in JFK Airport and charging infrastructure for electric cars and stronger safeguards against wage theft, cyber threats and the financial exploitation of senior citizens.

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.

Among Heastie's notable legislative achievements were a 2011 law that cracked down on wage theft and a 2012 bill that created a new class of green taxis to handle street hails in the outer boroughs.

«If we want wage theft out of the workplace, we can not have Andrew Puzder in the Labor Department,» Figueroa said.

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.

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.

«Puzder had no business running the Labor Department — an agency that uncovered wage theft at a number of Puzder's own restaurants — and it remains baffling that President Trump even nominated him in the first place.

The Cuomo administration instead wants to reduce the backlog by cutting in half the amount of time they will look backwards in wage thefts cases, 3 years instead of 6.

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

Hawkins said Cuomo's fundraising is why he has favored corporate interests over the needs of workers, attacking teachers and unions, impeding efforts to make the minimum wage a living wage, and largely ignoring wage theft which costs low - income workers in NYC alone an estimated billion dollars a year.

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.

The following statements were provided in support of the Governor signing the Wage Theft Prevention Act into law:

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

Grand Theft Auto 5's ever - growing online component GTA Online has outlined its plans moving into 2017, which includes new stunt races, game modes, vehicles, and missions — the latter of which will involve players at some stage fighting «for supremacy in the illegal arms trade and wage war with the latest in high - powered military hardware.»

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.

In civil litigation matters, Mr. Cloherty regularly represents companies, executives and professionals in complex business disputes, including breaches of contracts, breaches of fiduciary duties, shareholder disputes, trade secrets theft, non-competition agreements, wage and hour disputes, and other employment issueIn civil litigation matters, Mr. Cloherty regularly represents companies, executives and professionals in complex business disputes, including breaches of contracts, breaches of fiduciary duties, shareholder disputes, trade secrets theft, non-competition agreements, wage and hour disputes, and other employment issuein complex business disputes, including breaches of contracts, breaches of fiduciary duties, shareholder disputes, trade secrets theft, non-competition agreements, wage and hour disputes, and other employment issues.

«As a private law firm, Minami Tamaki LLP defends some of the most vulnerable in the community by fighting against wage theft, sexual harassment, and discrimination.