Jo Anne Simon

May 10, 2024 | timesunion.com | Brad Hoylman-Sigal |Jo Anne Simon

New York workers are in trouble. More than $1 billion is stolen from over 2 million hard-working New Yorkers each year by their employers. Wage theft runs rampant because the state agency tasked with enforcing the Labor Law doesn’t have the capacity to address violations. That’s why we are advocating for the EmPIRE Worker Protection Act to expand public enforcement.