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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » LAB - Labor » Article 9 - Prevailing Wage for Building Service Employees

231 – Prevailing Wage.

§ 231. Prevailing wage. 1. Every contractor shall pay a service employee under a contract for building service work a wage of not less than the prevailing wage in the locality for the craft, trade or occupation of the service employee. 2. The obligation of a contractor to pay prevailing supplements may be discharged by […]

232 – Overtime.

§ 232. Overtime. An employee, employed by a contractor, who works more than eight hours in any one day or more than forty hours in any workweek shall be paid wages for such overtime at a rate not less than one-and-one-half times his prevailing basic cash hourly rate.

233 – Record Keeping.

§ 233. Record keeping. 1. In all cases where service work is being performed pursuant to a contract therefor the contractor shall keep original payrolls or transcripts thereof, subscribed and confirmed by him as true, under penalties of perjury, showing the hours and days worked by each employee, the craft, trade or occupation at which […]

234 – Powers of the Fiscal Officer.

§ 234. Powers of the fiscal officer. 1. In addition to the powers enumerated elsewhere in this article, the fiscal officer shall have the power: (a) to cause an investigation to be made to determine the wages prevailing in any locality in all crafts, trades and occupations involved in service work; in making such investigation, […]

235 – Investigation and Hearing.

§ 235. Investigation and hearing. 1. Whenever the fiscal officer has reason to believe that a service employee has been paid less than the wages stipulated in the contract, or if such contract has no wage schedule attached thereto and the fiscal officer has reason to believe that a service employee has been paid less […]

236 – Failure to Protest Underpayments.

§ 236. Failure to protest underpayments. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or of any other general, special or local law, ordinance, charter or administrative code, a service employee shall not be barred from his right to recover the difference between the amount actually paid to him and the amount which should have been […]

237 – Statements Showing Amounts Due for Wages.

§ 237. Statements showing amounts due for wages. 1. Subcontractors engaged for service work by a contractor or its subcontractor shall, upon receipt from the contractor or its subcontractor of the schedule of wages and supplements specified in the contract, provide to the contractor or its subcontractor a verified statement attesting that the subcontractor has […]

238 – Penalties.

§ 238. Penalties. 1. Any contractor or subcontractor who shall upon his oath verify any statement required to be filed under this article which is known by him to be false shall be guilty of perjury and punishable as provided by the penal law. 2. When a contract for service work contains as part thereof […]

239-A – Enforcement of Article.

§ 239-a. Enforcement of article. If the fiscal officer, as defined herein, finds that any contractor on service work fails to comply with or evades the provisions of this article, he shall present evidence of such noncompliance or evasion to the public agency having charge of such work for enforcement. Where such evidence indicates a […]