Just when you thought the job market might be starting to get back to normal after COVID they throw another wrench at you. This is happening in New York City, though the effect could impact the entire state. The tale involves a woman named Irma Vega, a construction worker in the Bronx. She had lost her job, but her attorney came up with a “clever” way to cash in on the situation. Like most workers, Vega had been paid every two weeks, but New York has had a law on the books dating back to 1890 declaring that “a manual worker shall be paid weekly.” It applies to manufacturing, mining or quarrying, lumbering, and mercantile workers, but the law defined such employment as anyone who was earning less than $900 a week and who does “physical labor.” That applies to any job where the worker is standing up more than 25% of the time.Read More
Crazy New York law may tank many employers
