{"id":4321,"date":"2011-03-28T15:17:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T15:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpslaw.com\/staging-site\/?p=4321"},"modified":"2022-02-17T15:20:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T15:20:58","slug":"new-york-state-wage-theft-prevention-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bpslaw.com\/staging-site\/new-york-state-wage-theft-prevention-act\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Wage Theft Prevention Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Effective April 9, 2011, the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act (\u201cWTPA\u201d) will amend Section 195 of the New York State Labor Law (\u201cLabor Law\u201d) to require that New York employers provide employees hired on or after this date with a written acknowledgment concerning their rates of pay, wage allowances, pay dates, and related matters. The following is a summary of the WTPA\u2019s wage payment reporting and payroll record retention requirements. Employers need to ensure that they are in full compliance with the new wage and hour notice requirements of the Labor Law in order to avoid the imposition of the expanded civil and\/or criminal penalties set forth in Sections 197 and 198, also effective on April 9, 2011.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/20120614102320-NYSWageLaws-Notice-Requirements-1.pdf\">Click here to view the PDF titled &#8216;New York State Wage Theft Prevention Act&#8217;<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/bpslaw.com\/staging-site\/team\/joseph-degiuseppe-jr\/\">Joseph DeGiuseppe, Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective April 9, 2011, the New York Wage Theft Prevention Act (\u201cWTPA\u201d) will amend Section 195 of the New York State Labor Law (\u201cLabor Law\u201d) to require that New York employers provide employees hired on or after this date with a written acknowledgment concerning their rates of pay, wage allowances, pay dates, and related matters. 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