NY Wage Theft Prevention Act Forms Available 

 As everyone should know by now, New York's Wage Theft Prevention Act ("WTPA") goes into effect on Saturday, April 9, 2011.  One of the administrative requirements of the WTPA is providing all new hires, and at specific times all employees, a written notice containing a number of items.  While the Act does list all of the items required to be included on the forms and provided to employees, the NYS DOL indicated that template forms would be made available to employers.  Those template forms are now available on the NYS DOL website at www.labor.ny.gov/formsdocs/wp/ellsformsandpublications.shtm.  While use of the NYS DOL-provided forms is not a requirement, use of these forms is a good way to ensure compliance with the WTPA.

For more on the WTPA, click on the "NEWS" tab above, then "GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS" and then the link for "A NEW TRAP FOR THE UNWARY EMPLOYER."  This extremely informative article was written by GVCSHRM member and Underberg & Kessler attorney Matthew Miller for the Daily Record. There you'll find all of the details about the WTPA, its new requirements, and also the significantly expanded penalties.

As always, if you have any questions about this, or any other GVCSHRM topic, please feel free to contact me. 

Frank A. Cania, SPHR
frank@caniahr.com
President, GVCSHRM