New York DOL Finally Green Lights New Wage-Deductions

Good news for New York employers awaiting authorization to make wage deductions under the 2012 amendments to the state’s Labor Law:  the Department of Labor has posted final rules on its website.  The final rules became effective yesterday.

As we previously reported, the Department of Labor posted draft rules on its website earlier this year and made them available for public comment.  As we also previously reported, the Labor Law amendments loosened restrictions on employers’ ability to make deductions from employees’ wages.  The most significant provisions permit employers to recoup inadvertent overpayments and pay advances, provided the affected employees have authorized such deductions in writing.  But, even though Governor Cuomo signed the law on September 7, 2012, employers have been waiting for the Department of Labor to publish implementing regulations. 

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