LABOR LAW ARTICLE 6: A MISUNDERSTOOD LAW THATFULLY PROTECTS ALL EMPLOYEES’ WAGES

Wage theft occurs when an employer fails to pay wages or benefits owed. It harms low-income employees the most. But depriving almost anyone of earned paychecks, commissions, bonuses, or severance pay causes harm. For some, the harm is life-altering, but few can afford the cost of a lawsuit for breach of contract. And those who […]
Does New York’s Wage Payment Law Have a GapingLoophole?

Article 6 of the New York Labor Law (Labor Law §§190-199-a) is a fee-shifting statute, the overall intent ofwhich is to protect employees from having their rightfulwages kept from them.1 The statute “refl ects the state’s‘longstanding policy against the forfeiture of earned but undistributed wages.’”2 To protect employees and rem-edy the imbalance of power between […]
