Celena Mayo (Partner-New York, NY | Garden City, NY) was quoted in the July 12, 2021, NY Litigation Hotbed article titled “Weekly Pay for Manual Work.” The article details a recent New York appellate decision regarding manual workers’ right to sue for liquidated damages on fully paid wages. Celena notes that this decision “could really be a huge issue for employers,” and that this long-standing statute is now being interpreted “in a way that wasn’t necessarily the way it was being interpreted before.” Celena also provides advice for employers based on the fact that the statute’s definition of what constitutes a manual worker is quite broad and employers can “suddenly have a situation where cleaning up around the office converts them into a manual employee.” 

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