How to Handle a Prevailing Wage Matter in New York under NYLL Art. 8

Originally held on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 | 9:30 am – 11:30 am

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This program will give practitioners a good basis for understanding how to identify, comply with, and litigate prevailing wage issues and laws in New York State and New York City that arise under Article 8 of the New York Labor Law. A panel of private practitioners and representatives from the New York State Department of Labor and the New York City Comptroller’s Office will present the big ticket issues to be aware of in this complicated area of the law from the perspectives of management, employees, and government enforcement.

  The panel will explain how and when prevailing wage laws apply in New York State and New York City; the primary obligations on contractors and sub-contractors working on public work projects; compliance with prevailing wage laws, including an explanation of the main resources and guidelines available to contractors and sub-contractors from state and local governments; how to identify and obtain information concerning construction projects subject to prevailing wage requirements; how claims for unpaid prevailing wages are litigated and resolved, both in private actions in courts and in enforcement proceedings before administrative agencies; and damages and penalties available in prevailing wage actions.

  Program Fee:
  $199 for Members | $299 for Nonmembers

  Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2019-2021), In-House/Corporate Counsel, Judges, and attorney members who practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.

• Jonathan Jones
  Chief of Administrative Operations for the Bureau of Public Works
  New York State Labor Department

  Constantine Kokkoris
  Assistant Comptroller for Labor Law
  Office of the New York City Comptroller

  LaDonna Lusher
  Virginia & Ambinder, LLP

  Paul P. Rooney
  Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

• 9:30 am – 9:35 am
  Introduction: Overview of NYLL Art. 8 and Issues to be Discussed

  9:35 am – 9:50 am
  Prevailing Wage Law: History, Policy, and Government Agencies

  9:50 am – 10:20 am
  Requirements, Compliance, and Guidelines: What is a Contractor to Do?

  10:20 am – 10:50 am
  Litigation and Enforcement of Prevailing Wage Laws

  10:50 am – 11:10 am
  Damages and Penalties

  11:10 am – 11:25 am
  Resolution of Prevailing Wage Disputes

  11:25 am – 11:30 am
  Question/Answer Session

• New York: 2.0 Skills
  New Jersey: 2.4 General
  California: 2.0 General
  Pennsylvania: 2.0 General
  Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

  Please Note: Newly admitted NY attorneys cannot fulfill ethics or skills credits through our on-demand programs under OCA rules. For more information on this, please see http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/changes_for_2016.shtml.

• Sponsoring Association Committee:
  Labor & Employment Law, Katherine A. Greenberg, Chair

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org