2014 New York Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 19-A - (670 - 683) MINIMUM WAGE STANDARDS AND PROTECTIVE LABOR PRACTICES FOR FARM WORKERS
674 - Regulations.

   674.   Regulations.   1.  The  commissioner  may  promulgate  such
  regulations as he deems appropriate to carry out the  purposes  of  this
  article  and  to  safeguard minimum wage standards. Such regulations may
  include, but are not limited to, the defining of  the  circumstances  or
  conditions  for  the  acceptance  of non-hourly rates and piece rates as
  equivalent to the minimum hourly rates established by this article. Such
  regulations also may include, but are not limited to, waiting  time  and
  call-in  pay rates; wage provisions governing guaranteed earnings during
  specified periods of work; allowances  for  meals,  lodging,  and  other
  items,  services  and facilities when furnished by the employer; and the
  employment of individuals whose earning capacity is affected or impaired
  by youth or age, or by physical or mental deficiency  or  injury,  under
  special  certificates  issued  by  the commissioner, at such wages lower
  than the minimum wage established by this article and for such period as
  shall be prescribed in such regulations.
2. Such regulations may vary with localities if in the judgment of the
  commissioner conditions make such variation appropriate.
3. Such regulations shall be promulgated by the commissioner  after  a
  public hearing held after due notice.
A notice of the public hearing and a notice of the promulgation of any
  such  regulation shall be published in the state bulletin. The notice of
  the promulgation of any such regulation  shall  be  published  at  least
  twenty days before the effective date of the regulation.