New wage theft prevention act guidance and foreign language forms available

April 4, 2011
Staff contact: Tom Minnick

The long awaited information from the state labor department on employer’s implementation of the wage theft prevention act is now available on the labor department’s web site. This new law affects all private sector employers in New York State and all employers must take action now. 

A quick look will show you the information that you need to include on the notice to all new employee’s hired on or after the act’s April 9th effective date. You may use your own form as long as all required information is included or you may use the forms provided by the labor department. Including this new information in a hire letter does not satisfy the requirements of the new law. It must be a separate form. For the labor department’s forms, just scroll down. You are also urged to read the labor department’s Frequently Asked Questions about the WTPA.

If you have new employees whose primary language is Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Haitian Creole, Polish or Russian, those foreign language forms are here. Scroll down for the applicable form; then find the needed language. If you have new employees whose primary language is other than Spanish, Chinese or Korean, you only need to provide the information in English. Other foreign language forms may be released by the labor department in the future. We’ll let you know.

After you’ve checked out what you need to do beginning with new employees hired on or after April 9, 2011, please call the HR Line at 800-332-2117 if you have any other questions.

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