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New York orders nail salons to pay $2 million in unpaid wages, damages
Source: Reuters
World | Mon May 9, 2016 3:36pm EDT
New York orders nail salons to pay $2 million in unpaid wages, damages
New York has ordered 143 nail salons to pay cheated employees $2 million in outstanding wages and damages as the result of a crackdown on an industry that relies heavily on an immigrant workforce.
The payments to 652 employees were ordered in the year since Governor Andrew Cuomo created the New York State Nail Salon Industry Enforcement Task Force to end abuse of salon employees, the governor said in a statement.
"A fair day's wage for a fair day's work is a principle that this state was built upon," Cuomo said. "This administration is committed to stopping employers who exploit workers and deny them what they are rightfully owed."
The task force was created in May 2015 following a New York Times expose that highlighted unsafe working conditions with harmful chemicals and unfair labor practices that included paying less than the legal minimum wage and withholding paychecks from nail salon workers, comprised largely of Asian and Latino immigrants.
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New York orders nail salons to pay $2 million in unpaid wages, damages
New York has ordered 143 nail salons to pay cheated employees $2 million in outstanding wages and damages as the result of a crackdown on an industry that relies heavily on an immigrant workforce.
The payments to 652 employees were ordered in the year since Governor Andrew Cuomo created the New York State Nail Salon Industry Enforcement Task Force to end abuse of salon employees, the governor said in a statement.
"A fair day's wage for a fair day's work is a principle that this state was built upon," Cuomo said. "This administration is committed to stopping employers who exploit workers and deny them what they are rightfully owed."
The task force was created in May 2015 following a New York Times expose that highlighted unsafe working conditions with harmful chemicals and unfair labor practices that included paying less than the legal minimum wage and withholding paychecks from nail salon workers, comprised largely of Asian and Latino immigrants.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-nails-idUSKCN0Y02BA
