N.Y. Labor Law Section 219-C
Public notice of employer violations


The commissioner shall have the following powers:

1.

where an employer is found in violation of article six, nineteen or nineteen-A of this chapter, to post and/or affix for a period not to exceed one year a notice of no less than eight and one-half by eleven inches in an area visible to employees summarizing the violations found and other information deemed pertinent by the commissioner, according to such form and manner ordered by the commissioner; and

2.

where the violation is for a willful failure to pay all wages as required by article six, nineteen, or nineteen-A of this chapter, to post and/or affix for a period not to exceed ninety days in an area visible to the general public, as ordered by the commissioner, a notice of no less than eight and one-half by eleven inches as to the violations found, according to such form and manner ordered by the commissioner. Any person other than the commissioner or the commissioner’s duly authorized representative who removes, alters, defaces or otherwise interferes with a notice posted and/or affixed under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

3.

where an order is issued under § 218 (Violations of certain provisions)section two hundred eighteen of this article that assesses a civil penalty against an employer for a repeated, willful, or egregious violation, to direct such employer to report, by location, and to post on the department’s website, for such period as the commissioner shall determine, (a) the number of permanent full-time employees, the number of temporary full-time employees, the number of permanent part-time employees, the number of temporary part-time employees, and the number of temporary staffing agency employees performing work for the employer;

(b)

the hourly rates of such employees reported in the following brackets: the state minimum wage to $9.99; $10.00 to $11.99; $12.00 to $14.99; and $15.00 or more;

(c)

the number of employees who regularly worked the following number of hours per week during the relevant calendar period: at least sixty; at least fifty but fewer than sixty; at least forty but fewer than fifty; at least thirty-five but fewer than forty; at least thirty but fewer than thirty-five; at least twenty-five but fewer than thirty; at least twenty but fewer than twenty-five; at least ten but fewer than twenty; at least five but fewer than ten; fewer than five. No individual identifying information of such employees shall be reported or otherwise disclosed to the department. For the purposes of this section “temporary employees” shall be those employees who are hired for a period of sixty days or less during the relevant calendar year, full-time employees shall be those regularly working forty hours or more per week during the relevant calendar year, part-time employees shall be those working less than forty hours per week during the relevant calendar year.

Source: Section 219-C — Public notice of employer violations, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/LAB/219-C (updated Mar. 13, 2015; accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

200
General duty to protect health and safety of employees
200‑A
Laws to be posted at airports
201
Laws and orders to be posted
201‑A
Fingerprinting of employees prohibited
201‑B
Fees for medical examination
201‑C
Discrimination in child-care leave prohibited
201‑D
Discrimination against the engagement in certain activities
201‑E
Maintenance of employee-patient records at occupational health service centers
201‑F
Posting regulations on employment of persons previously convicted of one or more crimes
201‑G
Prevention of sexual harassment
201‑H
Posting of veterans’ benefits and services
201‑I
Request for access to personal accounts prohibited
202
Protection of the public and of persons engaged at window cleaning and cleaning of exterior surfaces of buildings
202‑A
Leave of absence for bone marrow donations
202‑B
Leave for organ or bone marrow donation granted to state employees
202‑C
Prevention of personal injuries in the use of ski tows, other passenger tramways and downhill ski areas
202‑D
Coin-operated machines performing a manufacturing process
202‑E
Protection of persons employed on/in vehicular bridges and/or tunnels
202‑F
Protection of hotel and motel employees against fire hazards in employee housing facilities
202‑G
Display of fuel-connected appliances in wholesale or retail store
202‑H
High-voltage proximity
202‑I
Leave of absence for military spouses
202‑J
Leave of absence for blood donation granted to employees
202‑K
Protection of persons employed in the broadcast industry
202‑L
Leave of absence for volunteer emergency responders
203
Washrooms, washing facilities and waterclosets for elevator employees
203‑A
Seats in certain passenger elevators or relief for the operator
203‑B
Seats for female employees
203‑C
Employee privacy protection
203‑D
Employee personal identifying information
203‑E
Prohibition of discrimination based on an employee’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making
203‑F
Inventions made by employees
204
Inspection of boilers
204‑B
Refunds
205
Prohibition against eating meals in certain workrooms
206
Prevention of personal injuries to persons engaged in tree trimming
206‑A
Physical examinations of females
206‑C
Right of nursing employees to express breast milk
207
Protection of employees at switchboards
207‑A
Employee safety in work on energized high voltage lines
208
Labels, brands and marks used by labor organizations
209
Illegal use of labels, brands and marks
209‑A
Fraudulent representation in labor organizations
210
Proceedings for nonenforcement
210‑A
Legal duty to employees
211
Protection of employees
211‑A
Prohibition against use of funds
212
Drinking water for farm laborers
212‑A
Migrant registration law
212‑B
Farm labor camp commissaries
212‑C
Definitions
212‑D
Field sanitation for farm hand workers, farm field workers and farm food processing workers
213
Violations of provisions of labor law
213‑A
Special provisions regarding the purchasing of apparel or sports equipment by the state university of New York and the city university of...
214
Criminal prosecution
215
Penalties and civil action
215‑A
Discrimination against employees for failure to meet certain ticket quotas
215‑B
Children
215‑C
Discrimination against employees for displaying the American flag
216
Failure to pay statutory inspection fees
217
Employee notification and remittance of premiums
218
Violations of certain provisions
218‑A
Sun safety education for state employees
218‑B
Prevention of occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease
219
Violations of certain wage payment provisions
219‑A
Affirmation in lieu of oath
219‑C
Public notice of employer violations
219‑D
Emergency alert notification system employer registration

Accessed:
Apr. 20, 2024

Last modified:
Mar. 13, 2015

§ 219-C’s source at nysenate​.gov

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