In a recent Client Alert prepared by Jeff Landes, the firm summarized several new laws passed by the New York legislature which will affect employers. Among these laws was a very important change to the wage and hour laws, which will affect all companies with employees in New York.
Rate of Pay, Regular Pay Day and Overtime Rate Must Be in Writing and Acknowledged by New Hires
Labor Law Section 195(1) currently requires employers to provide newly hired employees with information regarding their rate of pay and the employer's regular pay days – such notice need not be written. On July 28 ...
A client this week asked us to provide an opinion letter regarding the exempt status of certain supervisors, and some tips on how to avoid lawsuits regarding mis-classification. Although some of the advice was specific to the client's business, much of the advice is applicable to a wide variety of industries. An excerpt from the memo is below.
- Carefully craft job descriptions to emphasize exempt duties over non-exempt duties – require employees to acknowledge their job descriptions in writing.
- List the two or more employees supervised by an exempt manager in the job ...
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