N.Y.
Labor Law Section 662
Penalties
1.
Failure to pay minimum wage or overtime compensation. Any employer or his or her agent, or the officer or agent of any corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, who pays or agrees to pay to any employee less than the wage applicable under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, and, in the event that any second or subsequent offense occurs within six years of the date of conviction for a prior offense, shall be guilty of a felony for the second or subsequent offense, and upon conviction therefor, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year plus one day, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment, for each such offense. Each payment to any employee in any week of less than the wage applicable under this article shall constitute a separate offense.2.
Failure to keep records. Any employer or his or her agent, or the officer or agent of any corporation, partnership, or limited liability company, who fails to keep the records required under this article or to furnish such records or any information required to be furnished under this article to the commissioner or his or her authorized representative upon request, or who hinders or delays the commissioner or his or her authorized representative in the performance of his or her duties in the enforcement of this article, or refuses to admit the commissioner or his or her authorized representative to any place of employment, or falsifies any such records or refuses to make such records accessible to the commissioner or his or her authorized representative, or refuses to furnish a sworn statement of such records or any other information required for the proper enforcement of this article to the commissioner or his or her authorized representative, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, and, in the event that any second or subsequent offense occurs within six years of the date of conviction for a prior offense, shall be guilty of a felony for the second or subsequent offense, and upon conviction therefor, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year plus one day, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment, for each such offense. Each day’s failure to keep the records requested under this article or to furnish such records or information to the commissioner or his or her authorized representative shall constitute a separate offense.
Source:
Section 662 — Penalties, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LAB/662 (updated Dec. 19, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).
