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NY Lab L § 142 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 4 - Employment of Minors 142 - Hours of Work for Minors Fourteen and Fifteen Years of Age.

§  142. Hours of work for minors fourteen and fifteen years of age. 1.   When school is in session. When school is in session, no minor  fourteen   or fifteen years of age shall be employed :a. More than three hours on any school day;b. More than eight hours on any day when school is not in session;c. More than eighteen hours a week;d. More than six days a week; ore.  After  seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the   morning.2. When school is not in session. When school is not  in  session,  no   minor fourteen or fifteen years of age shall be employed:a. More than eight hours a day;b. More than six days a week;c. More than forty hours a week; ord.  After  seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the   morning, except (i) between the twenty-first day of June and  Labor  day   of  the  same  calendar year, when no such minor shall be employed after   nine o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock in the  morning;  or   (ii)   where   such   minor   is  employed  as  a  junior  counselor  or   counselor-in-training at a camp for children during the months of  June,   July and August.3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,   a minor fourteen or fifteen years of age, who is enrolled when school is   in  session  in  a  supervised  work  study  program  approved  by   the   commissioner  of  education, when such program is in session, may not be   employed:a. More than three hours on any school day;b. More than eight hours on any day when school is not in session;c. More than twenty-three hours a week;d. More than six days a week; ore. After seven o'clock in the evening or before seven o'clock  in  the   morning.4.  This  section shall not apply to a newspaper carrier as defined in   section thirty-two hundred twenty-eight of the education law whose hours   of work are governed by such section, a farm laborer, a child  performer   whose  employment  is governed by section 35.01 of the arts and cultural   affairs law and article four-A of this  chapter,  a  child  model  whose   employment is governed by section 35.05 of the arts and cultural affairs   law,  a bridge caddie at a bridge tournament or a baby sitter as defined   in section one hundred thirty-one of this chapter.
NY Lab L § 144 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 4 - Employment of Minors 144 - Posting of Hours.

§  144.  Posting  of hours. 1.  The employer shall make a schedule for   all minors  employed  by  the  employer,  setting  forth  the  hours  of   beginning  and  stopping  and the time allowed for meals, which shall be   kept conspicuously posted in each establishment where such  persons  are   employed.A  change  in  the  schedule of hours worked by minors pursuant to the   provisions of this chapter shall be allowed  provided  that  the  posted   schedule  reflects  the change.  Nothing herein shall be construed so as   to affect the limitations on hours worked by such minors  as  set  forth   elsewhere in this chapter.2.  The  presence  of  any person subject to this article at any hours   other than those stated in the above notice, or the failure to post such   notice, shall constitute prima facie evidence of  a  violation  of  this   article.3.  Where  a  person  is employed in two or more establishments on the   same day or week, the total time of employment  shall  not  exceed  that   allowed per day or week in a single establishment.4.  Exception. If the commissioner finds that because of the nature of   the work in a factory it is practically impossible to fix the  hours  of   work weekly in advance, he may upon an application stating facts showing   the  necessity  therefor,  grant  a  permit  dispensing  with the poster   required by this section.  In  every  factory  operating  under  such  a   permit, a time book shall be kept in a form approved by the commissioner   showing  the  name  and  addresses  of  all  employees  subject  to this   subdivision and the hours worked by each of them on each day.  No person   shall knowingly make or suffer to be made a false entry in any such time   book. Such time book shall be kept for a period of six years  and  shall   be   available  upon  request  of  the  commissioner  at  the  place  of   employment. The permit shall be posted conspicuously in the factory, and   the commissioner may revoke the permit for failure to  comply  with  the   provisions of this subdivision.
NY Lab L § 145 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 4 - Employment of Minors 145 - Criminal Penalties.

§  145.  Criminal  penalties.  Any  person  who knowingly violates any   provision of this article and any officer or agent of a corporation  who   knowingly  permits  the corporation to violate any such provisions shall   be guilty of a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  therefor  shall  be   punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment   for not more than sixty days or by both such fine and imprisonment for a   first  offense,  or  by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or   imprisonment for not more than one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and   imprisonment for a second or subsequent offense.
NY Lab L § 150 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 4-A - Employment and Education of Child Performers 150 - Definitions.

§ 150. Definitions. For the purpose of this article:   1.  "Artistic or creative services" shall include, but are not limited to, services as an actor, actress, dancer, musician,  comedian,  singer, stunt-person,  voice-over  artist,  runway  or  print  model,  or  other performer or entertainer,  or  as  a  songwriter,  musical  producer  or arranger,    writer,    director,    producer,   production   executive, choreographer, composer, conductor, or designer.   2. "Child performer" shall mean any child under the  age  of  eighteen who  (a)  resides  in  the  state  of  New York and who agrees to render artistic or creative services; or  (b) agrees to render artistic or creative services in the state of New York.   3. "Child performer's employer" shall mean a person  or  entity  which employs a child performer to furnish artistic or creative services for a fee either directly or through a third-party provider (loan-out company) or  an  agency  or  service  that provides artistic or creative services (casting agency).   4. "Child performer trust account" shall mean an  account  established for  the  benefit  of a child performer in accordance with part seven of article seven of the estates, powers and trusts law.   5. "Gross earnings" shall mean the total compensation prior to  taxes, deductions,  or  commissions  payable to a child performer pursuant to a contract or in the case of a third-party individual or personal services corporation (loan-out company),  the  total  compensation  paid  to  the third-party  for the services of the child performer. However, where the child performer is employed as a musician, singer,  songwriter,  musical producer, or arranger it means the total compensation under the contract including  advances but excluding deductions to offset those advances or other expenses incurred by the employer pursuant to the contract.   6. "Permit" shall refer to the documentation issued by the  department to a child performer pursuant to this article.   7.  "Certificate  of  eligibility"  shall  refer  to the documentation issued by the department to an employer of a child performer pursuant to this article.   8. "Employment schedule" shall mean the time that a child performer is required to be present at the  actual  place  of  employment,  excluding travel.
NY Lab L § 152 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 4-A - Employment and Education of Child Performers 152 - Educational Requirement.

§  152.  Educational  requirement.  1. A child performer shall fulfill educational requirements as set forth in part one of article  sixty-five of  the  education  law.  If  a  child  performer is unable to meet such educational requirements due to his  or  her  employment  schedule,  the employer  shall  be  required  to  comply  with  subdivision two of this section.   2. (a) Any person, or agent or officer employing, either  directly  or indirectly  through a third person, a child performer certified pursuant to this article shall provide a teacher, who is either certified or  has credentials recognized by the state of New York, to such child performer to  fulfill educational requirements pursuant to the education law. Such child performer shall not be declared absent from school  while  working pursuant  to the permit requirement in accordance with this article. The requirements of this section shall only be  applicable  when  the  child performer  is  not  receiving  educational instruction due to his or her employment schedule.  (b) A child performer receiving educational  instruction  pursuant  to this subdivision, and such child's parents or guardians, shall work with the  certified  teacher  provided to the child performer and the child's school of enrollment to fulfill such educational requirements.   3. No minor having a permit to work issued by the  department  and  no minor  under  eighteen years of age, who is otherwise required by law to be enrolled and attend school, shall be without educational  instruction and  unemployed  for a period longer than ten consecutive days while the school of enrollment is in session.
NY Lab L § 153 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 4-A - Employment and Education of Child Performers 153 - Enforcement of Violations; Civil Penalties.

§ 153. Enforcement of violations; civil penalties. If the commissioner   finds  that  a  child performer's employer has violated any provision of   this article or of a rule  or  regulation  promulgated  thereunder,  the   commissioner  may  by  an  order  which  shall describe particularly the   nature of the violation, assess such employer a  civil  penalty  of  not   more  than  one  thousand dollars for the first violation, not more than   two thousand dollars for a second violation  and  not  more  than  three   thousand dollars for a third or subsequent violation. Such penalty shall   be  paid  to  the  commissioner  and  placed  into the child performer's   protection fund  established  in  section  ninety-nine-j  of  the  state   finance law and administered by the department. Monies accredited to the   child  performer's  protection fund shall be utilized for the purpose of   this article. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations  for   the administration of the child performer's protection fund.
NY Lab L § 154-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 4-A - Employment and Education of Child Performers 154-A - Regulations.

§ 154-a. Regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and   regulations  as shall be necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes   and provisions of  this  article,  including  but  not  limited  to  the   promulgation of regulations determining the hours and conditions of work   necessary to safeguard the health, education, morals and general welfare   of child performers.
NY Lab L § 190 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 6 - Payment of Wages 190 - Definitions.

§ 190. Definitions. As used in this article:1.  "Wages"  means  the  earnings of an employee for labor or services   rendered, regardless of whether the amount of earnings is determined  on   a time, piece, commission or other basis. The term "wages" also includes   benefits   or  wage  supplements  as  defined  in  section  one  hundred   ninety-eight-c of this article, except for the purposes of sections  one   hundred ninety-one and one hundred ninety-two of this article.2. "Employee" means any person employed for hire by an employer in any   employment.3.  "Employer"  includes  any  person,  corporation, limited liability   company, or association employing  any  individual  in  any  occupation,   industry,  trade,  business  or  service.  The term "employer" shall not   include a governmental agency.4. "Manual worker" means a mechanic, workingman or laborer.5. "Railroad worker" means any person  employed  by  an  employer  who   operates  a  steam, electric or diesel surface railroad or is engaged in   the sleeping car business. The term "railroad worker" shall not  include   a person employed in an executive capacity.6.  "Commission  salesman" means any employee whose principal activity   is the selling of any goods, wares, merchandise, services, real  estate,   securities,  insurance  or  any  article or thing and whose earnings are   based in whole or in part on commissions. The term "commission salesman"   does  not  include  an  employee  whose  principal  activity  is  of   a   supervisory, managerial, executive or administrative nature.7.  "Clerical and other worker" includes all employees not included in   subdivisions four, five and six  of  this  section,  except  any  person   employed  in  a  bona  fide  executive,  administrative  or professional   capacity whose earnings are in excess of nine hundred dollars a week.8. "Week" means a calendar week or  a  regularly  established  payroll   week.   "Month" means a calendar month or a regularly established fiscal   month.9. "Non-profitmaking organization" means a corporation, unincorporated   association, community chest, fund or foundation organized and  operated   exclusively  for  religious, charitable or educational purposes, no part   of the net earnings of  which  inure  to  the  benefit  of  any  private   shareholder or individual.
NY Lab L § 191-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 6 - Payment of Wages 191-A - Definitions.

§ 191-a. Definitions. For purposes of this article the term:  (a) "Commission" means compensation accruing to a sales representative for  payment  by  a  principal,  the  rate  of  which  is expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of wholesale orders or sales.  (b) "Earned  commission"  means  a  commission  due  for  services  or merchandise  which  is  due  according  to  the  terms  of an applicable contract or, when  there  is  no  applicable  contractual  provision,  a commission  due  for  merchandise  which has actually been delivered to, accepted by, and paid for by  the  customer,  notwithstanding  that  the sales representative's services may have terminated.  (c)  "Principal"  means a person or company engaged in the business of manufacturing, and who:  (1) Manufactures, produces, imports,  or  distributes  a  product  for wholesale;  (2)  Contracts  with  a sales representative to solicit orders for the product; and  (3) Compensates the sales  representative  in  whole  or  in  part  by commissions.  (d)  "Sales  representative"  means  a  person  or entity who solicits orders in New York state and  is  not  covered  by  subdivision  six  of section  one  hundred  ninety  and  paragraph  (c) of subdivision one of section one hundred ninety-one of this article because he or she  is  an independent  contractor,  but does not include one who places orders for his own account for resale.
NY Lab L § 191-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 6 - Payment of Wages 191-B - Contracts With Sales Representatives.

§  191-b.  Contracts  with  sales representatives. 1. When a principal   contracts with a sales representative to solicit wholesale orders within   this state, the contract shall be in writing and  shall  set  forth  the   method by which the commission is to be computed and paid.2. The principal shall provide each sales representative with a signed   copy  of  the contract.  The principal shall obtain a signed receipt for   the contract from each sales representative.3. A sales representative during the course of the contract, shall  be   paid  the  earned  commission  and all other monies earned or payable in   accordance with the agreed terms of the contract,  but  not  later  than   five business days after the commission has become earned.
NY Lab L § 191-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 6 - Payment of Wages 191-C - Payment of Sales Commission.

§  191-c.  Payment  of  sales commission. 1. When a contract between a   principal  and  a  sales  representative  is  terminated,   all   earned   commissions shall be paid within five business days after termination or   within  five  business  days after they become due in the case of earned   commissions not due when the contract is terminated.2. The earned commission shall be paid to the sales representative  at   the usual place of payment unless the sales representative requests that   the  commission  be  sent  to  him  or  her  through  the  mails. If the   commissions are sent to the sales representative  by  mail,  the  earned   commissions  shall  be  deemed to have been paid as of the date of their   postmark for purposes of this section.3. A principal who fails to comply with the provisions of this section   concerning timely payment of all earned commissions shall be  liable  to   the  sales  representative  in  a  civil  action for double damages. The   prevailing party in any such action shall be entitled  to  an  award  of   reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and disbursements.
NY Lab L § 192 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 6 - Payment of Wages 192 - Cash Payment of Wages.

§ 192. Cash payment of wages. 1. No employer shall without the advance   written  consent of any employee directly pay or deposit the net wage or   salary of such employee in a bank or other financial institution.2. This section shall not apply to any person employed in a bona  fide   executive,  administrative,  or professional capacity whose earnings are   in excess of nine hundred dollars a week, nor to employees working on  a   farm not connected with a factory.
NY Lab L § 196-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 6 - Payment of Wages 196-A - Complaints by Employees to Commissioner.

§  196-a.  Complaints  by employees to commissioner. (a) Any employee; person  or  organization  acting  on  the  employee's  behalf;  or   the recognized  and  certified  collective  bargaining  agent  acting on the employee's behalf, may file with the commissioner a complaint  regarding a   violation  of  this  article,  article  five,  seven,  nineteen,  or nineteen-A of this chapter for an investigation of  such  complaint  and statement setting the appropriate remedy, if any. The commissioner shall keep  the  names  of  employees that are the subject of an investigation confidential until such time that disclosure is necessary for resolution of an investigation or a complaint.  Failure  of  an  employer  to  keep adequate records or provide statements of wages to employees as required under  this  chapter, in addition to exposing such employer to penalties authorized under subdivision one of section two hundred eighteen of this chapter, shall not operate as a bar to  filing  of  a  complaint  by  an employee. In such a case the employer in violation shall bear the burden of  proving  that  the complaining employee was paid wages, benefits and wage supplements.  (b)  Any  employee,  or  the  recognized  and   certified   collective bargaining  agent  acting  on  the employee's behalf, contractor, or the recognized and certified labor organization with  which  the  contractor has  executed a collective bargaining agreement covering wages, benefits and supplements, may file with the commissioner a complaint regarding an alleged violation of this article or article nineteen  of  this  chapter occasioned  by  another  person,  corporation,  employer  or entities in violation of article thirty-five-E of the general business  law  for  an investigation  of  such  complaint and statement setting the appropriate remedy, if any.
NY Lab L § 196-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 6 - Payment of Wages 196-C - Leave Time for Covid-19 Vaccination.

* §  196-c.  Leave  time  for  COVID-19 vaccination. 1. Every employee   shall be provided a paid leave of absence from his or her employer for a   sufficient period  of  time,  not  to  exceed  four  hours  per  vaccine   injection,  unless such employee shall receive a greater number of hours   pursuant  to  a  collectively  bargained  agreement  or   as   otherwise   authorized by the employer, to be vaccinated for COVID-19.2.  The entire period of the leave of absence granted pursuant to this   section shall be provided at the employee's  regular  rate  of  pay  and   shall  not be charged against any other leave such employee is otherwise   entitled to, including  sick  leave  pursuant  to  section  one  hundred   ninety-six-b  of  this  article,  or  any  leave  provided pursuant to a   collective bargaining agreement.3. The provisions of this  section  may  be  waived  by  a  collective   bargaining  agreement,  provided  that  for  such waiver to be valid, it   shall explicitly reference this section of law.* NB Repealed December 31, 2022
NY Lab L § 196-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 6 - Payment of Wages 196-D - Gratuities.

§  196-d.  Gratuities. No employer or his agent or an officer or agent   of any corporation, or any other person shall demand or accept, directly   or indirectly, any part of the gratuities, received by an  employee,  or   retain  any  part  of  a  gratuity  or  of  any charge purported to be a   gratuity for an employee. This provision shall not apply to the checking   of hats, coats or other apparel. Nothing in this  subdivision  shall  be   construed  as  affecting  the  allowances  from  the  minimum  wage  for   gratuities in the amount determined in accordance with the provisions of   article  nineteen  of  this  chapter  nor  as  affecting  practices   in   connection  with  banquets  and  other  special  functions where a fixed   percentage of the patron's  bill  is  added  for  gratuities  which  are   distributed  to employees, nor to the sharing of tips by a waiter with a   busboy or similar employee.
NY Lab L § 197 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 6 - Payment of Wages 197 - Civil Penalty.

§  197.  Civil penalty. Any employer who fails to pay the wages of his   employees or shall differentiate in rate of  pay  because  of  protected   class  status,  as provided in this article, shall forfeit to the people   of the state the sum of five hundred dollars for each such  failure,  to   be  recovered  by  the  commissioner  in  any  legal  action  necessary,   including administrative action or a civil action.