§ 670. Statement of public policy; findings. The legislature of the state of New York declares that it is the public policy of the state and the purpose of this act that minimum wage standards shall apply to farm workers, so as to eliminate as rapidly as practicable the employment of farm workers at wages […]
§ 671. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. “Farm” includes stock, dairy, poultry, furbearing animal, fruit and truck farms, plantations, orchards, nurseries, greenhouses, or other similar structures, used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities. 2. “Employee” includes any individual employed or permitted to work by an employer on a farm but […]
§ 672. Application of article. This article shall apply to every employer during any part of the twelve consecutive months beginning February first, nineteen hundred seventy and February first of each subsequent year, preceded by a calendar year in which the cash remuneration paid to all employees aggregated twelve hundred dollars or more, provided, however, […]
§ 673. Minimum wage. 1. Statutory. Every employer shall pay to each of its employees for each hour worked a wage of not less than the wage established pursuant to subdivision one of section six hundred fifty-two of this chapter, or such other wage as may be established in accordance with the provisions of this […]
§ 673-a. Farm workers; mandatory work agreements. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law, rule or regulation to the contrary, for the purpose of notifying each employee, in writing, of the conditions of employment every employer shall utilize the farm work agreement prescribed by the commissioner.
§ 674. Regulations. 1. The commissioner may promulgate such regulations as he deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article and to safeguard minimum wage standards. Such regulations may include, but are not limited to, the defining of the circumstances or conditions for the acceptance of non-hourly rates and piece rates as equivalent […]
§ 674-a. Farm laborers wage board. 1. Wage board. The commissioner shall hereby convene a farm laborers wage board. The wage board shall be comprised of three members: one representative of the farm bureau, one representative of the New York State AFL-CIO and one member appointed by the commissioner, who shall be selected from the […]
§ 676. Appeals from regulations. 1. Finality. Any regulation issued by the commissioner pursuant to this article shall, unless appealed from as provided in this section, be final. The findings of the commissioner as to the facts shall be conclusive. 2. Review by board of standards and appeals. Any person in interest, including a labor […]
§ 677. Appeals from compliance orders. Within sixty days after the issuance by the commissioner of an order to comply with any provision of this article or with any minimum wage regulation promulgated thereunder, any person aggrieved may appeal questions of law and fact involved in such order to the board of standards and appeals […]
§ 678. Commissioner’s powers of investigation. The commissioner or his authorized representative shall have power: (a) to investigate the wages of persons employed on a farm; (b) to enter the place of business or employment of any employer for the purpose of (1) examining and inspecting any and all books, registers, payrolls and other records […]
§ 679. Records of employers. Every employer shall keep true and accurate records of hours worked by each employee, the wages paid, and such other information as the commissioner deems material and necessary, and shall, on demand, furnish to the commissioner or his duly authorized representative a sworn statement of the same. Every employer shall […]
§ 680. Penalties. 1. Discrimination against employee. Any employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of any corporation, who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has made a complaint to his employer, or to the commissioner or his authorized representative, that he has not been paid […]
§ 681. Civil action. 1. By employee. If any employee is paid by his employer less than the wage to which he is entitled under the provisions of this article, he may recover in a civil action the amount of any such underpayments, together with costs and such reasonable attorney’s fees as may be allowed […]
§ 682. Referrals by employment agencies. No employment agency shall place or attempt to place any employee in an occupation at less than the wage applicable to such occupation under this article. The term “employment agency” as used in this section shall mean an employment agency as defined in section one hundred seventy-one of the […]
§ 683. Savings clause. If any portion of this article or the application thereof to any person, employer, occupation or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such provision to other persons, employees, occupations, or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
