Wage Theft in New York: Know Your Rights and How to Recover Every Dollar You Are Owed

Introduction: Hard Work Deserves Fair Pay Every day, thousands of hardworking New Yorkers show up to work, put in long hours, and trust that their employer will pay them fairly. Unfortunately, not every employer lives up to that trust.  Some employers pay their workers less than they earned (or not at all), fail to pay overtime, make unlawful wage deductions, misclassify workers to avoid paying overtime and taxes, and engage in other forms of wrongdoing.  These and similar unfair pay practices are known as wage theft, and the problem is far more common than most people realize. At Sanders Law...