New York Changes Overtime Exemption Laws in 2015
The state of New York has changed a
long-standing loophole to the state’s
employment laws as they relate to
overtime wages eligibility. For a long
time now, employers could classify someone
as an administrative or executive employee
with relatively little clarification of what
that means to avoid paying them overtime
wages. The state now has a more specific
definition of what it means to be
exempt from overtime to prevent
employers from taking advantage of their
employees.
There are two main changes to the New York
exemption requirements: there are specific
“executive” duties that the employees must
do and there are salary requirements. The
state now requires that exempt employees
must earn at least $600 each week and that
their salaries cannot be reduced for working
less than 40 hours in a week. New York
employee rights attorneys are excited
about this change to the state’s overtime
laws. They estimate that tens of thousands
of employees throughout the state are going
to benefit from these changes.
This clarification of the law is expected to
be the impetus of several major lawsuits
against New York businesses. The leading NYC
class action attorneys expect that this
change to the law is going to lead to
millions of dollars getting paid out to
employees that are deprived of their hard
earned overtime wages. Countless
misclassified employees are finally getting
the protection from the law that they
deserve.
Employee misclassification has been one
of the biggest problems facing the worker’s
rights movement throughout the country. With
each new piece of legislation, employers try
to find loopholes to exploit the people that
work for them. New York continues to be one
of the most progressive states in this area
of law by giving employees the ability to
take legal action to recover the
compensation they deserve.
Schedule a free initial
consultation with the NYC employee
misclassification attorneys at
Hepworth, Gershbaum & Roth, PLLC
today if you think that this law change
affects you. Call us at 212-545-1199 or you
can
contact us
online to schedule an appointment.
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