New N.Y. 'wage theft' law imposes stiff penalties on employers

01/07/2011

Late last year, Gov. David Paterson signed the Wage Theft Prevention Act, a law designed to end what workers’ rights advocates term “wage theft.” Wage theft includes wage underpayment, failure to pay the minimum wage, requiring workers to work “off the clock,”...

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