In accordance with New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA), which took effect on April 9, 2011, employers are required to give written notice of wage rates to New York employees:

• upon hire to new employees, and
• by February 1st of each year to all employees

The notice must include:

• Rate or rates of pay, including overtime rate of pay (if it applies)
• How the employee is paid: by the hour, shift, day, week, commission, etc.
• Regular payday
• Official name of the employer and any other names used for business (DBA)
• Address and phone number of the employer’s main office or principal location
• Allowances taken as part of the minimum wage (tips, meal and lodging deductions)

The notice must be given both in English and in the employee’s primary language (if the Labor Department offers a translation). The Department currently offers translations in the following languages: Spanish, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Polish and Russian.