NEW IMMIGRANTS FACE OLD TRICKS, GET NEW PROTECTIONS

Did you know that immigrants who work in NY State…whether here legally or illegally…are entiteld to protections by certain labor laws?? On HITN’s INSIGHT NUEVA YORK we learned that one of the main abuses of new immigrants…especially those without legal status…is “wage theft.” That’s when employers either simply do not pay such workers, pay them less than the minimum wage, or fail to pay them overtime for hours that qualify. Enter the NYS Department of Labor’s BUREAU OF IMMIGRANT WORKER’S RIGHTS, whose job it is to prevent those abuses AND get back pay for workers who have been cheated…

 

http://www.hitn.tv/insightnuevayork/blog/2010/05/19/new-immigrants-face-old-tricks-get-new-protections/