N.Y. Labor Law 882 – Penalties
§ 882. Penalties. 1. Civil penalty. Any employer who fails to comply with the provisions of this article shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars in addition to any other damages for which an employer may be liable pursuant to any other provision of law. The attorney general may bring an action in the supreme court against any person or persons alleged to have violated the provisions of this article. In any such action the supreme court shall have jurisdiction to restrain violations of this article and to levy appropriate penalties. Any penalty assessed for the violation of any of the provisions of this article shall be payable to the commissioner of health to be utilized for the purposes of environmental health pursuant to § 4802 of the public health law.
Terms Used In N.Y. Labor Law 882
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Employer: means any individual, partnership, corporation or association engaged in a business who has employees including the state and its political subdivisions. See N.Y. Labor Law 875
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
2. Criminal penalty. Any person who willfully and intentionally violates the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished, for a first offense, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a subsequent offense by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.