New York Fringe Benefits Notice Mandatory

Division of  Labor  S tandards    
Harriman State Office Campus    
Building 12   
Albany, NY 12226	
   	
 	
Fringe Benefi ts  	
S ection  198c of  the  New  Y ork  S tate  Labor  Law  	
 
 
Section  198c. Benefi ts  or  wage  supplement s. 
1.  In  addition  to any  other  penalty  or  punishment  otherwise  prescribed  by la w, any employer  who  is  p arty  to  
an  agreement  to  p ay  or  provide  benefits  or  wage  supplement s to employees  or  to  a  third  p arty  or  fund  for 
the  benefit  of  employees  and  who fails, neglec ts  or  refuses  to  p ay  the  amount  or  amoun ts  necessary  to  
provide  such benefits  or furnish  such supplemen ts  within  thirty  days  a fter  such  p ayments  are  required  to 
be made,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeano r,  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  punished  as provided  in section 
on  hundred  ninety-eight -a  of  this  article.  Where  such employer  is  a corporation,  the  president,  secre tar y, 
treasurer  or  o fficers  exercising  corresponding functions  shall  each  be guilty  of  a  misdemeanor . 
 
2.  As  used  in  thi s section,  th e ter m “benefi ts  or wag e supplement s” includes ,  but  is  not  limited to, 
reimbursement for expenses; health, welfare and retirement benefi ts; and vacation,  se paration  or 
  holiday  pay . 
 
3.  Thi s sectio n shal l  not  appl y to  any  person  in  a  bona  fid e executive,  administrative,  or  professional 
capacity whose earnings are in excess of nine hundred dollars a week.  
  
 
For more  information,  write  or  call  the nearest  o ffice  of  the  Division  of  Labor  S tandards,  New  York  S tate  
De partmen t o f Labo r,  liste d below:  
 
 
Albany
 District  
S tat e O ffic e Campus 
Bldg .  12,  Roo m 185A   
Alban y,  N Y  12226  
(518)  457- 2730  
 
 
Bronx  District  
55 Hanson  Place 
11th  Floor  
Brooklyn ,  N Y  11217  
( 212)  775- 3719  
  Buffal
o District  
295  Main  S treet  
Suite 914  
Bu ffalo,  N Y  14203  
(716)  847- 7141  
 
 
Ne w Y or k Cit y District   
55 Hanson Place  
11t h Floor   
Brooklyn ,  N Y 11217   
(212) 775 -3880  
 
  Garden
 City District  
400  Oa k Street  
Suit e 10 2 
Garden  Cit y,  N Y 1 1530  
(516)  794- 8195  
 
 
Rochester District  
276 Waring Road   
Roo m 104  
Rochester ,  N Y 14609  	
(585) 258- 4550  
  Syracuse
 District  
3 3 Eas t  W ashington  S t. 
Roo m 121  
Syracuse,  N Y  13202  
(315)  428- 4057  
 
 
Whit e Plain s District   
120  Bloomingdal e Road   
Whit e Plains ,  N Y 10605   
(914)  997- 9521
 
 
 	
 
 
 
 
 
 
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