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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Any contractor, or subcontractor who shall upon his oath verify any statement required to be filed under this article which is known by him to be false shall be guilty of perjury and punishable as provided by the penal law.
2. When a contract for service work contains as part thereof a schedule of wages as provided for in this article, any contractor who, after entering into such contract, and any subcontractor of such contractor who fails to pay to any service employee the wages stipulated in such wage schedule is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days or by both fine and imprisonment; for a second offense by a fine of one thousand dollars, and in addition thereto the contract on which the violation has occurred shall be forfeited; and no such contractor shall be entitled to receive any sum, nor shall any officer, agent or employee of the contracting public agency pay any such sum or authorize its payment from the funds under his charge or control to such contractor for work done upon the contract on which the contractor has been convicted of a second offense. If the contractor or subcontractor is a corporation, any officer of such corporation who knowingly permits the corporation to fail to make such payment shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor and the criminal and civil penalties herein shall attach to such officer upon conviction.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Labor Law - LAB § 238. Penalties - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/labor-law/lab-sect-238/
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