N.Y. Labor Law 679 – Records of employers
§ 679. Records of employers. Every employer shall keep true and accurate records of hours worked by each employee, the wages paid, and such other information as the commissioner deems material and necessary, and shall, on demand, furnish to the commissioner or his duly authorized representative a sworn statement of the same. Every employer shall keep such records open to inspection by the commissioner or his duly authorized representative at any reasonable time. Every employer of an employee shall keep a digest or summary of this article and regulations, which shall be prepared by the commissioner, posted in a conspicuous place in his establishment and shall also keep posted such additional copies of said digest or summary as the commissioner prescribes. Employers shall, on request, be furnished with copies of this article and regulations, and of digests or summaries thereof, without charge.
Terms Used In N.Y. Labor Law 679
- Employee: includes any individual employed or permitted to work by an employer on a farm but shall not include: (a) domestic service in the home of the employer; (b) the parent, spouse, child or other member of the employer's immediate family; (c) a minor under seventeen years of age employed as a hand harvest worker on the same farm as his parent or guardian and who is paid on a piece-rate basis at the same piece rate as employees seventeen years of age or over; or (d) an individual employed or permitted to work for a federal, state, or a municipal government or political subdivision thereof. See N.Y. Labor Law 671
- Employer: includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative, business trust, legal representative, or any organized group of persons acting as an employer of an individual employed or permitted to work on a farm. See N.Y. Labor Law 671
- Hours worked: means the time that a farm worker is permitted to work in the fields or at his assigned place of work, and shall include time spent on a single farm in going from one field to another, or in waiting for baskets, pick-up, or for similar purposes; provided, however, that time not worked because of weather conditions shall not be considered as hours worked. See N.Y. Labor Law 671
Employers shall permit the commissioner or his duly authorized representative to question any individual employed by such employer in the place of employment and during working hours in respect to the wages paid and the hours worked when records of hours worked are required under this article.