§ 233. Inspection of records of employers. All books, records and payrolls of employers shall be open for inspection by the chairman or by any officer or employee of the board designated by him for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of wages and the number of employees and such other information as may be necessary in the administration of this article. Any person who refuses to allow the chairman or his authorized representative to inspect any such books, records or payrolls relative to the enforcement of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Terms Used In N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 233

  • Board: means the workers' compensation board created under this chapter. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 201
  • Chairman: means the chairman of the workers' compensation board of the state of New York. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 201
  • Employee: means a person engaged in the service of an employer in any employment defined in subdivision six of this section, except a minor child of the employer, except a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister, priest or rabbi, a sexton, a christian science reader, or member of a religious order, or an executive officer of a corporation who at all times during the period involved owns all of the issued and outstanding stock of the corporation and holds all of the offices pursuant to paragraph (e) of § 715 of the business corporation law or two executive officers of a corporation who at all times during the period involved between them own all of the issued and outstanding stock of such corporation and hold all such offices provided, however, that each officer must own at least one share of stock, except as provided in section two hundred twelve of this article, or an executive officer of an incorporated religious, charitable or educational institution, or persons engaged in a professional or teaching capacity in or for a religious, charitable or educational institution, or volunteers in or for a religious, charitable or educational institution, or persons participating in and receiving rehabilitative services in a sheltered workshop operated by a religious, charitable or educational institution under a certificate issued by the United States department of labor, or recipients of charitable aid from a religious or charitable institution who perform work in or for the institution which is incidental to or in return for the aid conferred, and not under an express contract of hire. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 201
  • Wages: means the money rate at which employment with a covered employer is recompensed under the contract of hiring with the covered employer and shall include the reasonable value of board, rent, housing, lodging, or similar advantage received under the contract of hiring. See N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law 201