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New York Expands Scope of Permissible Employer Deductions from Wages

Eric Paltell
Eric Paltell
09/19/2012
Agency Activity, Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour
For almost 50 years, New York has had one of the most restrictive state laws on deductions from wages.  Under Labor Law Section 193, wage deductions were permissible only when required by law or limited to “payments for insurance premiums, pension or health or welfare benefits, contributions to charitable organizations, payments for United States bonds, payments for dues or assessments to a labor organization, and similar payments for the benefit...
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New Lactation Law May Provide Basis for Retaliation Claim

Eric Paltell
Eric Paltell
07/25/2012
Litigation, Wage & Hour
By Eric Paltell One of the more obscure provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a/k/a “Obamacare”) amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) to require employers to provide break time and a private place for employees to express breast milk for nursing children.  Although the amendments did not expressly give employees a right to sue employers who do not comply with the law, a recent federal court decision holds...
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