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NY Lab L § 225-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 8-A - Grade Crossing Elimination Work; Hours, Wages, Employment and General Requirements 225-A - General Requirements Making Applicable Certain Provisions of Article Eight and Providing for Enforcement Thereof.

§  225-a. General requirements making applicable certain provisions of   article eight and providing for enforcement thereof.  All work of  every   kind  to  which  the  preceding section is applicable shall hereafter be   subject to application of all the provisions of sections two hundred and   twenty, two hundred and twenty-one and two  hundred  and  twenty-two  of   article eight of this chapter. Every contract hereafter entered into for   such  elimination  work shall require compliance with the regulations of   such sections. If the fiscal officer as defined herein finds that in the   performance of any such elimination work  that  any  person  contracting   with the state, a municipal corporation, board, any commission appointed   pursuant  to  law,  their agent or other person carrying on such work to   which state funds are applied for payment fails to comply with or evades   the provisions of this  section,  he  shall  present  evidence  of  such   non-compliance   or   evasion  to  the  officer,  department,  board  or   commission having charge of such work for  enforcement.    Wherein  such   evidence  indicates  a  non-compliance  or  evasion  on  the  part  of a   sub-contractor,  the  contractor   shall   be   responsible   for   such   non-compliance  or  evasion.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any officer,   department, board or commission in charge of the  construction  of  such   grade  crossing  elimination contracts to enforce the provisions of this   article.
NY Lab L § 226 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 8-A - Grade Crossing Elimination Work; Hours, Wages, Employment and General Requirements 226 - Wages for Such Work; Prevailing Rate.

§ 226. Wages for such work; prevailing rate.  The wages to be paid for   a  day's  work  of eight hours as referred to hereinbefore, to laborers,   workmen or mechanics upon such public works shall be not less  than  the   prevailing  rate for a day's work in the same trade or occupation in the   locality within the state  where  such  public  work  on,  about  or  in   connection  with which such labor is performed in its final or completed   form is to be situated, erected or used and shall be paid in cash. Every   contract for  such  elimination  work,  hereafter  entered  into,  shall   contain  a provision that each laborer, workman or mechanic, employed by   a contractor, subcontractor or other person about or  upon  such  public   work, shall be paid the wages herein provided.
NY Lab L § 227 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 8-A - Grade Crossing Elimination Work; Hours, Wages, Employment and General Requirements 227 - Enforcement of the Provisions of This Article.

§  227.  Enforcement of the provisions of this article.  The procedure   for ascertaining and determining the hours of labor and  the  prevailing   rate of wage shall be as prescribed by section two hundred and twenty of   this  chapter,  except  that  the  "fiscal officer," referred to therein   shall in every instance, for the purposes of this article be  the  state   industrial commissioner.Upon  the  entry of any order of the industrial commissioner affecting   either such hours of labor or rate of wages, any party to the proceeding   aggrieved thereby may bring a proceeding for review pursuant to  article   seventy-eight  of  the  civil  practice law and rules within thirty days   from the notice of the filing  of  such  order  in  the  office  of  the   industrial commissioner. If such order is not reviewed or is so reviewed   and  confirmed  and the determination is in favor of the complainant and   involves or relates to the rate of wages paid on such public  work,  the   complainant  or  any other person affected may within three months after   the service of notice of the filing of such order, or  the  judgment  if   the  order  is  reviewed,  institute  an  action  against  the person or   corporation found  violating  this  article  for  the  recovery  of  the   difference  between  the  sum  actually paid and the amount which should   have been paid as determined by such order for the period following  the   date  of the filing with the industrial commissioner of the complaint or   of the report of investigation made by the  industrial  commissioner  on   his own initiative.When an order of the industrial commissioner has been made, any person   or  corporation  that  wilfully refuses thereafter to pay the prevailing   rate of wages determined by said  order  or  wilfully  employs  on  such   public  work, laborers, workmen or mechanics more than the hours per day   determined by such order until  such  order  has  been  changed  by  the   industrial  commissioner  or  by  the  court after adjudication upon the   merits, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon  conviction  shall  be   punished,  for  a  first offense by a fine of five hundred dollars or by   imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by  both  such  fine  and   imprisonment;  for a second offense by a fine of one thousand dollars or   by imprisonment for not more than ninety days or by both such  fine  and   imprisonment, and after conviction of a second offense no such person or   corporation  shall be entitled to receive any sum of money nor shall any   officer, agent or employee of the state or of a municipal corporation or   of a board or commission appointed pursuant  to  law  pay  the  same  or   authorize  its payment from the funds under his charge or control to any   such person or corporation or to any other person or corporation for  or   on account of work done upon any such contract.
NY Lab L § 232 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 9 - Prevailing Wage for Building Service Employees 232 - Overtime.

§ 232. Overtime. An employee, employed by a contractor, who works more   than eight hours in any one day or more than forty hours in any workweek   shall  be  paid  wages  for  such  overtime  at  a  rate  not  less than   one-and-one-half times his prevailing basic cash hourly rate.
NY Lab L § 233 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 9 - Prevailing Wage for Building Service Employees 233 - Record Keeping.

§  233.  Record  keeping.  1. In all cases where service work is being   performed pursuant to a contract  therefor  the  contractor  shall  keep   original  payrolls  or  transcripts thereof, subscribed and confirmed by   him as true, under penalties of perjury,  showing  the  hours  and  days   worked  by each employee, the craft, trade or occupation at which he was   employed, and the wages paid.2. Where the wages paid include sums which are not  paid  directly  to   the  workmen  weekly and which are expended for supplements, the records   required to be maintained shall include a record of such hourly  payment   on  behalf  of such employees, the supplement for which such payment has   been made, and the name and address of the person to whom  such  payment   has  been  made. In all such cases, the contractor shall keep a true and   inscribed copy of the agreement under which such payments  are  made,  a   record  of  all  net payments made thereunder, and a list of all persons   for whom such payments are made.3. The records required to be maintained shall be kept on the site  of   the  work  during  all of the time that work under the contract is being   performed.4. All records required to be maintained  shall  be  preserved  for  a   period of three years after the completion of work.
NY Lab L § 234 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 9 - Prevailing Wage for Building Service Employees 234 - Powers of the Fiscal Officer.

§  234.  Powers  of  the  fiscal officer. 1. In addition to the powers enumerated elsewhere in this article, the fiscal officer shall have  the power:  (a)  to  cause  an  investigation  to  be  made to determine the wages prevailing in  any  locality  in  all  crafts,  trades  and  occupations involved  in  service  work;  in  making  such investigation, the fiscal officer may utilize wage and fringe benefit data  from  various  sources including, but not limited to, data and determinations of federal, state or other governmental agencies;  (b)  to  institute  and conduct inspections at the site of the work or elsewhere in aid of the effective administration and enforcement of  the provisions of this article;  (c)  to  examine  the  books,  documents and records pertaining to the wages paid to, and the hours of work performed by, service employees;  (d) to hold  the  hearings  provided  for  in  this  article,  and  in connection  therewith  to  issue subpoenas, administer oaths and examine witnesses.   The enforcement of a subpoena  issued  under  this  section shall be regulated by the civil practice law and rules;  (e)  to  make  a  classification  by  craft,  trade or other generally recognized occupational category of the service employees  involved  and to  determine  whether  such work has been performed by the employees in such classification;  (f) to require a contractor to file with the fiscal officer  a  record of  the  wages  actually paid by such contractor to the employees and of their hours of work;  (g) to delegate any of the foregoing powers to  his  deputy  or  other authorized representative;  (h)  to provide such reasonable limitations from any or all provisions of this article as he may  find  necessary  and  proper  in  the  public interest  or  to  avoid  serious impairment of the conduct of government business;  (i) to propose, and after  public  hearing  held  before  him  or  his designee,  to  promulgate  such rules as he shall consider necessary for the  proper  execution  of  the  duties,  responsibilities  and   powers conferred  upon  him  by  the provisions of this article. Such rules may allow such reasonable variations, tolerances and exemptions to and  from any  or  all  provisions  of this article as the fiscal officer may find necessary and proper  in  the  public  interest,  or  to  avoid  serious impairment of the conduct of government business.   2.  For  all  work for which the industrial commissioner is the fiscal officer, the industrial commissioner shall  additionally  have  all  the powers granted him elsewhere in this chapter.
NY Lab L § 236 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 9 - Prevailing Wage for Building Service Employees 236 - Failure to Protest Underpayments.

§   236.   Failure   to  protest  underpayments.  Notwithstanding  any   inconsistent provision of this chapter or of any other general,  special   or  local  law,  ordinance,  charter  or  administrative code, a service   employee shall not be barred from his right to  recover  the  difference   between the amount actually paid to him and the amount which should have   been  paid  to  him pursuant to an order entered under the provisions of   this article because of the prior receipt  by  him  without  protest  of   wages  paid  or  on account of his failure to state orally or in writing   upon any payroll or receipt which he is required to sign that the  wages   received by him are received under protest, or on account of his failure   to  indicate  his protest against the amount, or that the amount so paid   does not constitute payment in full of wages  due  him  for  the  period   covered by such payment.
NY Lab L § 238 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 9 - Prevailing Wage for Building Service Employees 238 - Penalties.

§  238.  Penalties.  1. Any contractor or subcontractor who shall upon   his oath verify any statement required to be filed  under  this  article   which  is  known  by  him  to  be  false  shall be guilty of perjury and   punishable as provided by the penal law.2. When a contract  for  service  work  contains  as  part  thereof  a   schedule  of  wages as provided for in this article, any contractor who,   after entering  into  such  contract,  and  any  subcontractor  of  such   contractor who fails to pay to any service employee the wages stipulated   in  such  wage  schedule  is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction   shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of five hundred  dollars   or  by  imprisonment  for  not more than thirty days or by both fine and   imprisonment; for a second offense by a fine of  one  thousand  dollars,   and in addition thereto the contract on which the violation has occurred   shall  be forfeited; and no such contractor shall be entitled to receive   any sum, nor shall any officer, agent or  employee  of  the  contracting   public  agency  pay any such sum or authorize its payment from the funds   under his charge or control to such contractor for work  done  upon  the   contract on which the contractor has been convicted of a second offense.   If the contractor or subcontractor is a corporation, any officer of such   corporation  who  knowingly permits the corporation to fail to make such   payment shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor and the criminal and civil   penalties herein shall attach to such officer upon conviction.
NY Lab L § 239 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 9 - Prevailing Wage for Building Service Employees 239 - Provisions in Contracts Prohibiting Discrimination on Account of Race, Creed, Color, National Origin, Age or Sex.

§  239.  Provisions in contracts prohibiting discrimination on account of race, creed, color, national origin, age or sex. Every  contract  for service work shall contain provisions by which the contractor agrees:  (1)  that in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under the contract or any subcontract thereunder within the territorial limits of this state, no contractor, subcontractor, nor any  person  acting  on behalf  of  such  contractor  or subcontractor, shall by reason of race, creed, color, national origin,  age,  sex  or  disability,  discriminate against  any  citizen  of  the  state  of  New York who is qualified and available to perform the work to which the employment relates;  (2) that no contractor, subcontractor, nor any person  on  his  behalf shall,  in  any  manner, discriminate against or intimidate any employee hired for the performance of work under the contract on account of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex or disability;  (3) that there  may  be  deducted  from  the  amount  payable  to  the contractor  by  the  public agency under the contract a penalty of fifty dollars for each person for  each  day  during  which  such  person  was discriminated  against  or intimidated in violation of the provisions of the contract;  (4) that the contract may be cancelled or  terminated  by  the  public agency,  and all moneys due or to become due thereunder may be forfeited for a second or any subsequent violation of the terms or  conditions  of this section of the contract.
NY Lab L § 239-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 9 - Prevailing Wage for Building Service Employees 239-A - Enforcement of Article.

§  239-a.  Enforcement  of  article. If the fiscal officer, as defined   herein, finds that any contractor on service work fails to  comply  with   or  evades  the provisions of this article, he shall present evidence of   such noncompliance or evasion to the public agency having charge of such   work for enforcement. Where such evidence indicates a  noncompliance  or   evasion  on  the  part  of  a  subcontractor,  the  contractor  shall be   responsible for such noncompliance or evasion. It shall be the  duty  of   the  public  agency  in  charge  of  such  service  work  to enforce the   provisions of this article.
NY Lab L § 240 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 10 - Building Construction, Demolition and Repair Work 240 - Scaffolding and Other Devices for Use of Employees.

§  240.  Scaffolding  and  other devices for use of employees. 1.  All   contractors and owners and  their  agents,  except  owners  of  one  and   two-family  dwellings  who contract for but do not direct or control the   work,  in  the  erection,  demolition,  repairing,  altering,  painting,   cleaning  or pointing of a building or structure shall furnish or erect,   or cause to be furnished or erected for the performance of  such  labor,   scaffolding,  hoists,  stays, ladders, slings, hangers, blocks, pulleys,   braces, irons, ropes, and other devices which shall be  so  constructed,   placed  and  operated  as  to  give  proper  protection  to  a person so   employed.No liability pursuant to this subdivision for the failure  to  provide   protection  to  a  person  so  employed shall be imposed on professional   engineers as provided for in  article  one  hundred  forty-five  of  the   education  law,  architects  as  provided  for  in  article  one hundred   forty-seven of such law or  landscape  architects  as  provided  for  in   article one hundred forty-eight of such law who do not direct or control   the  work  for activities other than planning and design. This exception   shall not diminish or extinguish any liability of professional engineers   or architects or landscape architects arising under the  common  law  or   any other provision of law.2.  Scaffolding  or  staging  more than twenty feet from the ground or   floor, swung or suspended from  an  overhead  support  or  erected  with   stationary  supports, except scaffolding wholly within the interior of a   building and covering the entire floor space of any room therein,  shall   have  a  safety  rail  of  suitable  material properly attached, bolted,   braced or otherwise secured, rising at least  thirty-four  inches  above   the  floor or main portions of such scaffolding or staging and extending   along the entire length of the outside and the ends thereof,  with  only   such  openings  as  may be necessary for the delivery of materials. Such   scaffolding or staging shall be  so  fastened  as  to  prevent  it  from   swaying from the building or structure.3.  All  scaffolding shall be so constructed as to bear four times the   maximum weight required to be dependent therefrom or placed thereon when   in use.
NY Lab L § 241-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 10 - Building Construction, Demolition and Repair Work 241-A - Protection of Workmen in or at Elevator Shaftways, Hatchways and Stairwells.

§  241-a. Protection of workmen in or at elevator shaftways, hatchways   and stairwells.  Any men working in or at elevator shaftways,  hatchways   and  stairwells  of  buildings  in  course of construction or demolition   shall be protected by sound planking at  least  two  inches  thick  laid   across  the  opening  at  levels not more than two stories above and not   more than one story below such men, or by other means specified  in  the   rules of the board.
NY Lab L § 241-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 10 - Building Construction, Demolition and Repair Work 241-B - Marking of Transparent Glass Doors Required.

§ 241-b. Marking of transparent glass doors required.  All transparent   glass  doors  in  mercantile establishments and in public and commercial   buildings and structures shall be marked in  such  manner  as  shall  be   calculated  to  warn  persons  using  the same that such doors are glass   doors. The board shall  make  such  rules  as  it  may  deem  proper  or   necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this section.
NY Lab L § 242 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 10 - Building Construction, Demolition and Repair Work 242 - Application and Enforcement of Article.

§  242.  Application  and enforcement of article.  Notwithstanding any   other law or regulation,  local  or  general,  the  provisions  of  this   article  and the rules issued thereunder shall be applicable exclusively   throughout the state and the commissioner shall have exclusive authority   to enforce this article and the rules issued thereunder.
NY Lab L § 330 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 12 - Fair Wages Task Force 330 - Fair Wages Task Force; Definitions.

§  330.  Fair  wages task force; definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:  (a) "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of labor;  (b) "Department" shall mean the department of labor; and  (c) "Task force" shall mean the  fair  wages  task  force  within  the department.
NY Lab L § 331 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 12 - Fair Wages Task Force 331 - Establishment of a Fair Wages Task Force.

§  331.  Establishment of a fair wages task force. The commissioner is   authorized to establish a fair wages  task  force  for  the  purpose  of   concentrating  enforcement  of  the provisions of this chapter affecting   employees in manufacturing, service and other industries where there may   be a concentration of workers at risk of exploitation in New York  state   and  otherwise  exercising  the  duties and powers set forth in sections   three hundred thirty-two and three hundred thirty-three of this article.   Such  task  force  shall  be  empowered  to  investigate   and   conduct   inspections.
NY Lab L § 332 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 12 - Fair Wages Task Force 332 - Duties.

§ 332. Duties. The task force is charged with the following duties:1. to inspect manufacturing, service and other industries with respect   to  their  respective  employees,  for compliance with the provisions of   this chapter; and2. to ensure, with respect to their respective  employees,  compliance   by  manufacturing,  service  and  other  industries  with orders of, and   assessments of civil penalties by  the  commissioner  pursuant  to  this   article.
NY Lab L § 333 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 12 - Fair Wages Task Force 333 - Powers.

§  333.  Powers.  Notwithstanding  any  other  state  or  local law or regulation to the contrary, the task  force  shall  have  the  following powers:   1.  to  inspect books, records and premises of employers, with respect to their respective employees to determine compliance with this chapter, including but not  limited  to,  minimum  wage,  overtime  compensation, unemployment insurance coverage and child labor; and   2.  when  in  the course of inspections pursuant to subdivision one of this section, (a) to inspect books and records of employers with respect to their respective employees concerning the deduction and remittance to the proper authorities of all federal, state and local payroll taxes and to refer to the appropriate authorities any instance in which  there  is reasonable cause to believe that the payment of federal, state and local payroll taxes is being evaded; and  (b)  to  take action authorized by this chapter necessary to implement its provisions.
NY Lab L § 334 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 12 - Fair Wages Task Force 334 - Task Force Training; Assistance of Agencies.

§  334. Task force training; assistance of agencies. 1. The task force   shall receive training to be provided by the state as  is  necessary  to   carry out the duties and powers of the task force.2.  The  task  force may request from any department, division, board,   bureau,  commission  or  other  agency  of  the  state,  any   political   subdivision  of  the state, a public authority or any other governmental   agency or instrumentality of the state, such assistance as shall  enable   it  to  properly carry out its powers and duties under the provisions of   this section.