Executive Summary. Under the New York Wage Parity Act (“Act” or “WPA”), the term “supplemental wages” covers a wide range of benefits. Generally speaking, any non-wage remuneration that primarily benefits the employee rather than the home care agency may be considered. However, this standard is less than clear and in any event, deciding which benefits to provide workers depends on several factors. For example, some benefits are tax-advantaged both to the agency and the worker; other benefits are not. Some benefits require formal plans under the Internal Revenue Code; other benefits do not. They can be set up as payroll practices without a formal plan. And, some benefits will provide dollar-for-dollar credit against the Act’s $4.09(NYC)/$3.22(LI, Westchester) additional and supplemental wage package (the “WPA Package”); other benefits will not. These other benefits must be calculated using an “annualization method” from prevailing wage law, which reduces the creditable amount for WPA purposes.
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