New York State Department of Labor Labor Standards

This is an explanation of the New York State Wage Theft Prevention Act.

Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday

Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday  (Chinese)

Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday. (Haitian Creole)

Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday

Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday. (Chinese)

Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday (Haitian Creole)

Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday (Korean)

Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday (Polish)

Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday (Russian)

Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday (Spanish)

Pay notice templates for employees paid a weekly rate or a salary for a fixed number of hours (40 or fewer in a week).

Pay notice template for employees paid a weekly rate or a salary for a fixed number of hours (40 or fewer in a week). (Chinese)

Pay notice template for employees paid a weekly rate or a salary for a fixed number of hours (40 or fewer in a week). (Haitian Creole)

Pay notice template for for employees paid a weekly rate or a salary for a fixed number of hours (40 or fewer in a week). (Korean)

Pay notice template for for employees paid a weekly rate or a salary for a fixed number of hours (40 or fewer in a week). (Polish)

Pay notice template for for employees paid a weekly rate or a salary for a fixed number of hours (40 or fewer in a week). (Russian)

Pay notice template for for employees paid a weekly rate or a salary for a fixed number of hours (40 or fewer in a week). (Spanish)

Pay notice templates for employees paid a salary for varying hours, day rate, piece rate, flat rate or other non-hourly pay.

Pay notice templates for employees paid a salary for varying hours, day rate, piece rate, flat rate or other non-hourly pay. (Chinese)

Pay notice templates for employees paid a salary for varying hours, day rate, piece rate, flat rate or other non-hourly pay. (Haitian Creole)

Pay notice templates for employees paid a salary for varying hours, day rate, piece rate, flat rate or other non-hourly pay. (Korean)

Pay notice templates for employees paid a salary for varying hours, day rate, piece rate, flat rate or other non-hourly pay. (Polish)

Pay notice templates for employees paid a salary for varying hours, day rate, piece rate, flat rate or other non-hourly pay. (Spanish)

Notice and Acknowledgement of Wage Rate(s) for Temporary Help Firms (Korean)

Notice and Acknowledgement of Wage Rate(s) for Temporary Help Firms (Polish)

Notice and Acknowledgement of Wage Rate(s) for Temporary Help Firms (Russian)

Pay notice template for employees paid prevailing rates on public work jobs.

Pay notice template for employees paid prevailing rates on public work jobs. (Chinese)

Pay notice template for employees paid prevailing rates on public work jobs. (Haitian Creole)

Pay notice template for employees paid prevailing rates on public work jobs. (Korean)

Pay notice template for employees paid prevailing rates on public work jobs. (Polish)

Pay notice template for employees paid prevailing rates on public work jobs. (Russian)

Pay notice template for employees paid prevailing rates on public work jobs. (Spanish)

Pay notice template for exempt employees.

Pay notice template for exempt employees. (Chinese)

Pay notice template for exempt employees. (Haitian Creole)

Pay notice template for exempt employees. (Korean)

Pay notice template for exempt employees. (Polish)

Pay notice template for exempt employees. (Russian)

Pay notice template for exempt employees. (Spanish)

This form must be completed by an employer prior to employing any Child Performer.

This form is to be completed by Payroll Services for applicants for Certificates of Eligibility to Employ Child Performers and submitted with the application along with forms C-105.2 and DB-120.1 from insurance carriers.

This form is a combination of form LS 550 Application for Certificate to Employ Child Performers, and form LS 551 Verification of Workers Compensation and Disablity Insurance.

This application must be filled out and successfully processed for all Child Performers in New York State before they are hired for any type of performance.

This form must be completed by the school district attended by a Child Performer and submitted with an application for a Child Performer Permit.

This application must be completed to file for an Employment Agency License and must be accompanied by an Employment Agency License - Statements of Character.

This application is to be completed to file for renewal of an Employment Agency License. 

This application is for an individual who wishes to become a registered Employment Agency Manager.

Information for applicants for renewal of employment agency license.

This application must be included with an application for an Employment Agency License.

Full text of the law.

This claim form is used to file for unpaid wages.

This is the Spanish language version of the claim form that is used to file for unpaid wages.

This claim form is used to file for unpaid wages involving commissions. This form must be accompanied by a completed LS223 - Claim for Unpaid Wages.

This is the Spanish language version of the LS 223.1. It is the claim form used to file for unpaid wages involving commissions. This form must be accompanied by a completed LS223 - Claim for Unpaid Wages os LS223S Reclamo de Salarios No Pagados.

This form is used to file for unpaid wage supplements.

This is the Spanish Language version of the Unpaid Wage Supplements Claim Form.

This is the legal text of the law regarding the employment of Farm Workers.

This is the regulation that gives the registration requirements for farm labor contractors, growers and commissary operators.

Informational Listing of Application Dates and Fees

Informational Listing of Application Dates and Fees

This poster provides current minimum wage information to farm employees. Farm employers are required to post it where employees can see it. Print on legal size, 8.5 inch x 14 inch, paper.

Use this application if you are going to hire 5 or more migrant workers and house them.

Use this to apply for an application for Farm Labor Contactor Certificate of Registration and/or for applying for an application for Farm Labor Camp Commissary Permit.

Instructions for completing the Grower/Processor Registration Application.

Instructions for completing Farm Labor Contractor Registration Application.

To be used by an employer engaged in processing perishable produce wishing to apply for dispensation from certain requirements of the Labor Law, persuant to the provisions of the Defense Emergency Act of 1951.

Instructions for fingerprinting and background check required as part of the application for Farm Migrant Labor Contractor Registration.

Guidlines 

To be posted in a conspicuous place in a farm labor camp commissary.

Supplemental Application by Registered Contractors (Farm Labor)

Use this application to obtain a certificate to pay minors under the age of 18 less than the basic minimum wage.

Notice to growers employing farm workers or supply farm workers--regarding workers comp and disability.

Notice to Farm Labor Contractors and Farm Labor Camp Commissary Operators regarding workers’ compensation and disability.

Full text of the law.

This is a sample of what a farm labor payroll record should look like.

This illustrates a sample wage statement as one is required by Section 190.8 of the Minimum Wage Order for Farm Workers.

This poster provides current minimum wage information to employees in the Hospitality Industry. Employers are required to post it where employees can see it.

This poster provides current minimum wage information to employees in the Hospitality Industry in Spanish. Employers are required to post it where employees can see it.

This poster provides current minimum wage information to employees in the Hospitality Industry in Korean. Employers are required to post it where employees can see it.

This poster provides current minimum wage information to employees in the Hospitality Industry in Traditional Chinese. Employers are required to post it where employees can see it.

Complete text of the Minimum Wage Order for the Building Services Industry.

Summary of Wage Rates and Allowances listed in the full text of the Minimum Wage Order for the Building Services Industry.

Complete text of the Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries & Occupations.

Summary of Wage Rates and Allowances listed in the full text of the Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries & Occupations.

Complete text of the Hospitality Industry Wage Order.

Summary of changes contained in the new Park 146 covering the Restaurant and Hotel Industries Now combined in the Hospitality Wage Order.

Notice to Employers Regarding Implementation of Wage Order.  Minimum Wage Requirements for the Hospitality Industry.

Summary of the Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries and Occupations as applied to Household Employers and Domestic Workers.

Text of the law regarding Professional Employer Organizations.

Guidelines

Used to file a registration comply with the Professional Employer Organization Law.

Used to file an exemption from the Professional Employer Organization Law.

Listing of all registered Professional Employer Organizations.

If it is difficult or impossible for your business to give employees one 24-hour period of rest each week, use this form to apply for a variance. Describe the difficulty in the application and state and how long the problem will last. (See LS 611 “ One Day of Rest in Seven” Section 161 New York State Labor Law)

An Apparel Industry Certificate of Registration is required of all Apparel Industry employers in New York State. Use this application to renew an Apparel Industry Certificate of Registration. For instructions on how to use this application click here.

This application is required of all Apparel Industry employers in New York State.

This poster provides current minimum wage information to employees. Employers are required to post it where employees can see it.

Application for employers to waive the required 30-minute meal period.

This booklet contains the complete text of the Minimum Wage Act.

Application for Non-Profitmaking Institutions to pay the statutory minimum wage in lieu of wage order coverage.

Guidelines for Rehabilitation Programs that hire people with disabilities.

Guidelines for Direct Deposit of Wages in a Bank or Financial Institution.

Demonstrates that an employer has provided Workers' Compensation/Disability Insurance coverage.

Must be submitted by the parent(s) of 16 and 17 year old minors if they wish to give permission for their children to work between 10:00 PM and 12:00 Midnight.

Codes, rules and regulations regarding the restriction of Homework in all industries.

List of Apparel Contractors negatively impacted by the events of September 11, 2001.

Notification of Labor Standards Enforcement Process - English/Spanish: Tells people making complaints whether or not the Labor Department has the legal authority to intervene.  

Mandatory Overtime Complaint Form

Mandatory Overtime Complaint Form

Restrictions on Consecutive Hours of Work for Nurses

A booklet providing an overview of Worker Protection laws, regulations, rules, policies and guidelines written in Spanish.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers under NYS Labor law. In English.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers under NYS Labor law. In French.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers under NYS Labor law. In Haitian Creole.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers under NYS Labor law. In Haitian Creole.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers under NYS Labor law. In Hindi.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers under NYS Labor law. In Hindi.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers under NYS Labor law. In Nepalese.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers under NYS Labor law. In Nepalese.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers under NYS Labor law. In Polish.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers under NYS Labor law. In Portuguese

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers under NYS Labor law. In Spanish.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers under NYS Labor law. In Chinese.

Explains the rights and responsibilities of domestic workers and their employers under NYS Labor law. In Tagalog.

This poster lists the rights of domestic workers. It includes posters in both English and Spanish.

Fact sheet on retaliation against employee's for reporting violations of the Labor Law. This information is for employers and employees.  

New York State Minimum Wage Act and Wage Order rules for pay and overtime.

Describes the New York State Construction Industry Fair Play Act. In English.

Describes the New York State Construction Industry Fair Play Act. In Bengali.

Text of the law.

This pamphlet contains a summary of New York State Labor Laws relating to Farm or Food Processing Employment.

Guidelines

Guidelines

Full text of the section of law that applies to tips/gratuities.

A listing of the required employment posters that are within the jurisdiction of the Division of Labor Standards.

Guidelines

Summary of the law regarding payment of wages

Cover letter for informational packet sent to agricultural employers who intend to operate a Farm Labor Camp Commissary.

This form illustrates a sample farm work agreement that employers should use to notify each employee in writing of conditions of employment at time of commitment to hire.

Full text of the law.

Full text of the law.

Guidelines for Section 162 - Time Allowed for Meal Periods.

Full text of the section of law that applies to fringe benefits.

Informational posting on filing a claim  with the Small Claims Court.

Full text of the section of law that applies to equal pay.

Full text of the section of law that applies to deductions from wages.

Guidelines for Section 195.5 - Fringe Benefits and Hours

Summary of law regarding discrimination against employees and prospective employees based upon wage assignment or income execution.

Guidelines

Flyer with guidelines of Section 161 of the Labor Law ( One Day of Rest in Seven ) for workers in various industries and establishments.

A listing of the offices of the Division of Labor Standards.

Guidelines Regarding the Rights of Nursing Mothers to Express Breast Milk in the Work Place.

Spanish Language version of the Guidelines Regarding the Rights of Nursing Mothers to Express Breast Milk in the Work Place.

Guidelines for Implementation of Employee Blood Donation Leave

Spanish Language version of the Guidelines for Implementation of Employee Blood Donation Leave.