The Worker's View: New legislation a welcome safeguard for low-wage and immigrant workers – Matter News

The Worker's View: New legislation a welcome safeguard for low-wage and immigrant workers – Matter News

For many workers, receiving an official pay stub from their employer – one with the employee’s name, net and gross wages, any tax deductions, the number of hours worked, and their hourly wage, in addition to the employer’s name and address – is such a basic expectation that they assume all workers receive a pay stub each pay period. However, prior to the passage of House Bill 106, alternately known as the Pay Stub Protection Act, this wasn’t alw…

NEW YORK — Several demonstrations in support of delivery workers and drivers, including those who are immigrants, are scheduled for Thursday, May 1st: International Workers’ Day. New York City Councillor Carmen De La Rosa and a broad coalition of community leaders across New York City are scheduled to meet at 770 Broadway (Astor Place) on Thursday morning to recognize the importance of immigrant delivery workers and how legislators can demonstra…