Last-Minute Budget Change Could Weaken Workers’ Claims to Weekly Pay
Low-wage manual laborers can sue to make their bosses pay them weekly. Hochul’s late-breaking budget addition may undermine that right.
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“It’s disappointing to see the governor’s insistence on defending multinational corporations that want to displace workers.”
“We have a lot of fairly strong laws on the books in New York, but they’re only as strong as the enforcement mechanisms.”
Arabella Saunders contributed reporting.
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