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What is NYC RCNY § 7-623?

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(a) A fast food employer's failure to pay a fast food employee the required $100 premium for working a clopening and a fast food employer's failure to obtain a fast food employee's written consent to work a clopening shall each constitute a separate violation of § 20-1231 of the Fair Workweek Law. (b) For any pay perio

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Effective: 6/23/2022

§ 7-623 Clopenings.

RCNY § 7-623

(a)A fast food employer's failure to pay a fast food employee the required $100 premium for working a clopening and a fast food employer's failure to obtain a fast food employee's written consent to work a clopening shall each constitute a separate violation of § 20-1231 of the Fair Workweek Law.

(b)For any pay period in which a fast food employee earned clopening premiums, the number of premiums paid and their amounts must be separately noted on the wage stub or other written form of documentation provided to the employee for that pay period.

(c)If a fast food employee consents to work an unscheduled clopening, the fast food employer must obtain the employee's written consent at least 11 hours before the start of the second shift of the clopening. (Added City Record 5/24/2022, eff. 6/23/2022)

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