N.Y. Labor Law § 680: Penalties

§ 680. Penalties. 1. Discrimination against employee. Any employer or

his agent, or the officer or agent of any corporation, who discharges or

in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such

employee has made a complaint to his employer, or to the commissioner or

his authorized representative, that he has not been paid in accordance

with the provisions of this article, or because such employee has caused

to be instituted a proceeding under or related to this article, or

because such employee has testified or is about to testify in an

investigation or proceeding under this article, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than

fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

2. Payment of less than minimum wage. Any employer or his agent, or

the officer or agent of any corporation, who pays or agrees to pay to

any employee less than the wage applicable under this article shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be punished by a fine of not

less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by

imprisonment of not less than ten nor more than ninety days or by both

such fine and imprisonment, and each payment to any employee in any week

of less than the wage applicable under this article shall constitute a

separate offense.

3. Failure to keep records. Any employer or his agent, or the officer

or agent of any corporation, who fails to keep the records required

under this article or to furnish such records or any information

required to be furnished under this article to the commissioner or his

authorized representative upon request, or who hinders or delays the

commissioner or his authorized representative in the performance of his

duties in the enforcement of this article, or refuses to admit the

commissioner or his authorized representative to any place of

employment, or falsifies any such records or refuses to make such

records accessible to the commissioner or his authorized representative,

or refuses to furnish a sworn statement of such records or any other

information required for the proper enforcement of this article to the

commissioner or his authorized representative, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than

fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and each day's failure

to keep the records required under this article or to furnish such

records or information to the commissioner or his authorized

representative shall constitute a separate offense.