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New York governor signs emergency nail salon worker law
Source: Reuters
US | Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:00pm EDT
New York governor signs emergency nail salon worker law
NEW YORK
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Thursday pay and health protections for the state's nail salon workers, comprised largely of Asian and Latino immigrants, his office announced.
The emergency legislation follows a New York Times expose this year about the nail salon industry that highlighted unsafe working conditions with harmful chemicals and unfair labor practices that included paying less than the legal minimum wage and withholding paychecks.
“New York offers a promise that our arms and hearts are open to those who come here to work and build a better future for themselves – and we will not tolerate worker exploitation, period," Cuomo said in a statement.
Most of the state's nail salon employees are immigrant women from Asia and Latin America. Groups supporting immigrants in the United States, like the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, have publicly praised the legislation.
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New York governor signs emergency nail salon worker law
NEW YORK
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Thursday pay and health protections for the state's nail salon workers, comprised largely of Asian and Latino immigrants, his office announced.
The emergency legislation follows a New York Times expose this year about the nail salon industry that highlighted unsafe working conditions with harmful chemicals and unfair labor practices that included paying less than the legal minimum wage and withholding paychecks.
“New York offers a promise that our arms and hearts are open to those who come here to work and build a better future for themselves – and we will not tolerate worker exploitation, period," Cuomo said in a statement.
Most of the state's nail salon employees are immigrant women from Asia and Latin America. Groups supporting immigrants in the United States, like the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, have publicly praised the legislation.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/16/us-usa-new-york-nail-salons-idUSKCN0PQ26T20150716
