Labor Law § 192 · Article 6. Payment of Wages
Cash payment of wages
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Text — Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 192. Cash payment of wages. 1. No employer shall without the advance written consent of any employee directly pay or deposit the net wage or salary of such employee in a bank or other financial institution.
2. This section shall not apply to any person employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity whose earnings are in excess of one thousand three hundred dollars a week, nor to employees working on a farm not connected with a factory.
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- Law content up to date as of October 30, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- Official file
- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/LAB192
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