Governor Kathy Hochul's proposal to amend a labor law requiring weekly pay for manual laborers is facing significant resistance as budget talks stagnate. Business groups argue this change is necessary to protect companies from unfair litigation. Hochul aims to clarify penalties, limiting them to interest owed on unpaid wages rather than full wage reimbursements. This proposal gains urgency as past court rulings have led to disastrous financial consequences for small business owners. Opposition in the Senate complicates the passage of these systemic adjustments, reflecting broader tensions in state budget discussions.
"Here's a common sense measure that would help businesses that are being unfairly targeted by trial lawyers for nothing more than an honest mistake by a business," Paul Zuber, executive vice president of the Business Council of New York told The Post.
"This is something that I think people are worried that if we don't address it, there's going to be more of these lawsuits and more of the unintended consequences," state Sen. Jeremey Cooney (D-Monroe) told The Post.
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