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Wage Payment
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Wage and Hour Defense Blog
California Passes New Law Making Contractors Jointly Liable for Their Subcontractors’ Failure to Pay Wages
By Michael (Mike) S. Kun, Kevin Sullivan
On October 14, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1701, which will make general contractors liable for their subcontractors’ employees’ unpaid wages if the subcontractor fails to pay…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Chinese Workers in Saipan Demand Payment from Trump Protege
Thanks to Aaron Halegua, a lawyer and research fellow at NYU Law School, for keeping us in the loop about the labor practices of one of Donald Trump's friends in…
Employment & Labor
Pennsylvania Employers Can Pay Wages With Payroll Cards
Pennsylvania’s Wage Payment and Collection Law requires employers to pay all wages, other than fringe benefits and wage supplements, due employees on regularly scheduled paydays designated in advance by the…
Law and the Workplace
New York Regulations on Wage Payment Methods Declared Invalid
By Allan Bloom, Laura Fant, Ryan Hutzler
As we previously reported, on September 7, 2016, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) published final regulations on the methods by which employees must be paid, including with…
Employment Discrimination Report
NY IBA Invalidates New Wage Payment, Payroll Debit Card, and Direct Deposit Regulations
As my colleague Raquel Gutierrez warned last year, proposed wage payment regulations were set to become effective March 7, 2017. These regulations, created by the New York Department of Labor…
Employment Law Watch
New York Wage Payment Regulations Are Revoked at the Eleventh Hour
By Cindy Schmitt Minniti, Mark S. Goldstein, Jake Ebers
Recently, New York’s Industrial Board of Appeals (IBA) revoked regulations issued by the State’s Department of Labor (NYSDOL) governing employee wage payments via direct deposit and payroll debit cards, which…
Employment Law Worldview
New York Revokes Proposed Direct Deposit and Debit Card Wage Payment Regulations
By Meghan Hill
On February 16, 2017, the New York State Industrial Board of Appeals (IBA) issued a Resolution of Decision invalidating and revoking regulations that would have required employers to satisfy certain…
Employment Law
New York Adopts Final Rule Regulating the Methods for Paying Employee Wages
On September 7, 2016, the New York Department of Labor adopted a final regulation which details the four permissible methods for paying employee wages, and outlines the strict notice and…
California Workplace Law Blog
California Cities and Counties Can Now Join the Effort to Enforce State and Local Wage Payment Laws
California S.B. 1342 is a new law which allows cities and counties to work with the California Division of Labor Standards enforcement (“DLSE”) to enforce wage payment laws. The new…
Immigration Blog
DOL Judge Says Flagging Economy Insufficient Basis to Relieve H-1B Employers of Wage Obligations
Employers employing foreign nationals in H-1B nonimmigrant visa status must pay their H-1B employees the wage specified on the Labor Condition Application (LCA) certified by DOL, regardless of whether the…