Labor

New York’s labor law includes a number of antiquated, inefficient provisions that impose additional compliance costs or operational restrictions on employers without providing any significant public benefits. The Business Council will work to:

• Adopt legislation allowing a broad range of voluntary payroll deductions for expenses such as cafeteria and store purchases, parking, and other items for the “convenience and benefit” of employees
  
  
• Repeal the requirement for annual pay notices to, and annual certifications from, all private sector employees under the Wage Theft Prevention Act, whose first compliance date is February 1, 2012
  
  
• Avoid any mandated wage rates for private employers, especially in the area of prevailing wages. Reverse the trend of expanding the definition of “public work” for the purpose of prevailing wage mandates, whether through legislation or administrative/enforcement actions

For more information on Labor legislation visit www.bcnys.org/inside/laborcom.htm