Employment Laws/Labor Standards

The Division of Labor Standards enforces the New York State Labor Laws concerning minimum wage, hours of work, child labor, payment of wages and wage supplements, industrial homework, apparel industry registration, registration of Professional Employer Organizations and farm labor. It also administers the Employment Agency Law (Article 11 of the General Business Law) outside New York City.

Wage & Hour Law

Child Labor

Apparel Industry

Farm Labor

Licenses, Permits, Certifications and Registrations

Professional Employer Organizations

Mandatory Overtime for Nurses

New federal overtime regulations went into effect on August 23, 2004. For more information, please visit the US Department of Labor’s website.