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The New York State Labor Department has reversed a policy implemented in late 2009, which would have required every New York employer to use the same wage notification form for new employees.

New York employers are still required to notify every new employee in writing of the employee’s:

• Hourly rate
• Overtime rate if applicable
• Payday

However, employers can use any form they already have in place, or create a new one, to provide such notification.

New York employers must receive written acknowledgment of this wage notification from employees. The most common way to do this is for the employee to sign a copy of the notification and return it, while keeping one copy for the employee’s records.

In late October 2009, the New York Department of Labor issued a mandatory form to be used by all temporary agencies. Shortly thereafter, the department posted an online notice with a mandatory form to be used by all New York employers (other than temp agencies) to comply (more…)