New York Labor Law Article 19-A - MINIMUM WAGE STANDARDS AND PROTECTIVE LABOR PRACTICES FOR FARM WORKERS

• 670 - Statement of Public Policy; Findings.
  The legislature of the state of New York declares that it is the public policy of the state and the purpose of this act that...
• 671 - Definitions.
  As used in this article: 1. "Farm" includes stock, dairy, poultry, furbearing animal, fruit and truck farms, plantations, orchards, nurseries, greenhouses, or other similar structures,...
• 672 - Application of Article.
  This article shall apply to every employer during any part of the twelve consecutive months beginning February first, nineteen hundred seventy and February first of...
• 673 - Minimum Wage.
  1. Statutory. Every employer shall pay to each of its employees for each hour worked a wage of not less than the wage established pursuant...
• 673-a - Farm Workers; Mandatory Work Agreements.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, rule or regulation to the contrary, for the purpose of notifying each employee, in writing,...
• 674 - Regulations.
  1. The commissioner may promulgate such regulations as he deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article and to safeguard minimum wage standards....
• 676 - Appeals From Regulations.
  1. Finality. Any regulation issued by the commissioner pursuant to this article shall, unless appealed from as provided in this section, be final. The findings...
• 677 - Appeals From Compliance Orders.
  Within sixty days after the issuance by the commissioner of an order to comply with any provision of this article or with any minimum wage...
• 678 - Commissioner's Powers of Investigation.
  The commissioner or his authorized representative shall have power: (a) to investigate the wages of persons employed on a farm; (b) to enter the place...
• 679 - Records of Employers.
  Every employer shall keep true and accurate records of hours worked by each employee, the wages paid, and such other information as the commissioner deems...
• 680 - Penalties.
  1. Discrimination against employee. Any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of any corporation, who discharges or in any other manner discriminates...
• 681 - Civil Action.
  1. By employee. If any employee is paid by his employer less than the wage to which he is entitled under the provisions of this...
• 682 - Referrals by Employment Agencies.
  No employment agency shall place or attempt to place any employee in an occupation at less than the wage applicable to such occupation under this...
• 683 - Savings Clause.
  If any portion of this article or the application thereof to any person, employer, occupation or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the article...

Last modified: February 3, 2019