Employment Alert: Employers May Not Be Required to Pay New York's Spread of Hours Bonus to Employees Paid Wages Sufficiently Above the Minimum Wage
5/4/2006
A recent New York federal district court decision and opinion letters issued by the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) clarify that employers are not required to pay the statutory "bonus" of one additional hour of pay at the minimum wage under New York's little-known "spread of hours" pay regulation.
This Employment Alert discusses some of the differing opinions in the New York federal district court that have created some uncertainty regarding "spread of hours."
