Important changes have been made to New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA) that affect every New York State employer. The WTPA requires that employers provide notice to employees of information concerning their wages at hire, annually and when there are changes in wage rates. The most important change to the notice requirements is that for 2015, and going forward, employers will not need to give employees annual wage notices, but will still need to issue wage notices to new hires.

The WTPA amendments also dramatically increase penalties for non-compliance with the WTPA and expand liability to contractors, successors and make certain members of limited liability companies (LLCs) personally liable for certain wage payment violations. To read the full text of the article, click here.