New York Issues Mandatory Pay Rate Form to Comply With NY Labor Law 195
Under Section 195 of the New York Labor Law, you are required to notify new hires, upon hire, of their rate of pay, their overtime rate if they are classified as non-exempt employees, and their regular pay day. All such notification must be in writing, and employees will be required to sign an acknowledgement of receipt of this information.
The State of New York has issued its own form, Labor Law Section 195(1) Notice and Acknowledgement of Wage Rate and Designated Payday Hourly Rate Plus Overtime. The State has mandated the use of this form, effective immediately. Therefore, effective today, all enrollments forms for new hires, regardless of exempt status, must include the attached form. The State of New York has indicated it may introduce a separate form for exempt employees in the future.
The form can be found at http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/laborstandards/PDFs/LS_52_Hourly_Rate_Plus_Overtime.pdf