Wage & Hour Counsel : Wage & Hour Lawyer & Attorney : Littler Mendelson Law Firm : Employment Law, Labor Relations

By Sarah Green

On June 28th, the New York City Council voted to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s recent veto of the city’s living wage bill. The bill would increase wages to $11.50 an hour, or $10 an hour with benefits, for employees of companies receiving $1 million or more in city subsidies—an estimated 900 individuals. In response, Mayor Bloomberg has vowed to sue to block the bill from taking effect. Council Speaker Christine Quinn has stated that if Mayor Bloomberg sues, the Council “will defend the bill, and if we defend the bill, we will win.”
 

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The County of Miami-Dade in Florida recently enacted a "Wage Theft " ordinance which makes it a crime for an employer to "fail to pay any portion of wages due to an employee, according to the wage rate applicable to that employee, within a reasonable time from the date on which that employee performed the work for which those wages were compensation."

The law defines the term "reasonable time" to mean within 14 days, unless the employer and employee agree in a writing signed by the employee to extend the deadline for payment up to 30 days from the original date . Under the new law, employees owed $60 or more in wages may file a complaint with the county. The county will then serve the employer with notice of the claim and a hearing officer will determine the amount of past wages owed and assess liquidated damages equivalent to double the amount of past wages owed. The new law became effective on February 28, 2010.

This entry was written by Paula Steele.

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