The Associated Press reports a state
wage board filed a formal proposal with the State Department of Labor on Friday.
Not exact matches
Hunger Action
filed a petition under Sec. 653 of the Labor Law to begin the process of convening the minimum
wage board but so far the Labor Department has failed to rule on whether or not the minimum
wage is adequate.
The association, in its
filing, said the labor commissioner broke state law by directing the
wage board to focus on a limited class of employers instead of an occupation or industry.
In a 26 - page
filing, association attorney Randy Mastro said the
wage board and Labor Commissioner Mario J. Musolino's actions were «thinly veiled attempts by Governor Cuomo and his appointees to maneuver around an unwilling [state] legislature and to enact their own policy choices.»
The
wage board will
file its report and recommendation, which then starts a 15 - day comment period.
On Friday a state
Wage Board formally
filed the proposal with the state Department of Labor.
A lawsuit has been
filed against the
Wage Board by the National Restaurant Association and an expedited hearing is expected to be heard in April.
A group of pro-charter teachers
filed a formal complaint this week with the state's Public Employment Relations
Board contending that the teachers union had engaged in unfair labor practices by failing to support them and
waging a «nonstop hate campaign» against the charter advocates.