Labour Laws For In Queens
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Employers must offer a 4-hour minimum shift.
The seven-minute rule allows employers to round employee time to the nearest quarter-hour. The seven-minute rule is a payroll rule that allows employers to round down employee time of 1-7 minutes. However, employee work time of 8-14 minutes must be rounded up and counted as a quarter-hour of work.
New York law says you are entitled to a break if you work over 6 hours meaning if you are scheduled for exactly 6 hours you don't get one.
For City employees please call the DCAS Employment Verification line at 212-669-1357, option 7, then 1. For Department/Board of Education employees please call 718-935-4000.
For any questions you may have call 888 - 4 - NYSDOL.
The Legal Hotline phone number is: 212-626-7383. The Legal Hotline is staffed by attorneys who assist low-income callers on a range of civil legal issues, including housing law and debt collection.
This means that an employer may legally ask an individual to work shifts of 8, 10, 12 or more hours each day. Each organization has the legal ability to designate shift lengths and alter them as necessary.
We are ready to answer your call and help with filing a new UI claim, giving updates on a new or existing UI claim or if you have a specific questions about your claim. For questions about your UI claim, call our Telephone Claims Center Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 888-209-8124.
Call or Email Us For more information or questions about DCWP's Office of Labor Policy & Standards (OLPS), call 311 (212-NEW-YORK outside NYC) or email OLPS@dcwp.nyc.
