Effective April 9, 2011, All  employers must notify their New and Existing employees of their pay rate and pay day  in writing and must continue to do so annually.  Penalties for failure to provide notices can be $50.00 per week up to $2500.00.  Employer must sign off on the pay notices and employers will need to keep on record for at least six years.  Details of the Wage Theft Prevention Act can be found on the Priority One Payroll forms page.

New York’s “Wage Theft Prevention Act” (WTPA) is designed to combat “wage theft” by unscrupulous employers and expands workers’ rights to receive wage information.  The Act requires employers to comply with more stringent notice and recordkeeping requirements.  All New York employers (except governmental agencies) will have to modify their recordkeeping and notice practices to comply with the Act.

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