Minimum Wage

Many individual owners of closely held businesses want to hire an employee for the business, but lack the cash flow to do so. Periodically, owners of a cash-strapped, closely held business in Manhattan, NYC, who want the business to hire a worker, will ask me whether, instead of paying the worker the minimum wage and any overtime pay, the business may…Read More

Under the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act,  N.Y. City Admin. Code § 6-134 (the “New York City Fair Wages Act,” the “Fair Wages Act,” the “Act,” or the “NYCFWA”) and then-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's Executive Order No. 7 dated September 30, 2014 ("Executive Order No. 7"), companies or individuals who receive, from New York City or…Read More

On October 29 and October 30, 2012, Hurricane Sandy, a tropical cyclone, struck New Jersey and New York City (including the borough of Manhattan). Hurricane Sandy killed over a hundred people, destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, and left millions without electric power for days or weeks. As a result of Hurricane Sandy and the blackout that the hurricane caused,…Read More

Potential clients often ask me questions along the lines of: “My company is just a small employer. Does this [New York State or New York City] statute apply to me?” That is, prospective clients often inquire whether, in light of the number of workers that their businesses employ, their businesses must comply with a particular, labor-related statute enacted by, or a given,…Read More