Legislation gives new worker protections in the new year

The new law improves on the landmark 2010 Wage Theft Prevention Act by strengthening penalties for wage theft and protections for workers who report it Assemblyman Carl Heastie then-Gov. Paterson and state Sen. Diane Savino display the Wage Theft Prevention Act Legislation after Paterson signed it into law in 2010 It feels good to be able to write about something positive for New York workers in my first column of 2015. After all, measures that benefit them and rein in abuses by their bosses are as rare as snow in August.



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