§ 696-e. Records of employers. For every employee covered by this
article, every employer shall establish, maintain, and preserve for not
less than six years contemporaneous, true, and accurate payroll records
showing for each week worked the hours worked, the compensation
provided, plus such other information as the commissioner deems material
and necessary. For all covered airport workers who are not exempt from
overtime compensation as established in the commissioner's minimum wage
orders or otherwise provided by law, rule, or regulation, the payroll
records shall include the compensation provided and the regular hourly
rate or rates of pay, the overtime rate or rates of pay, the number of
regular hours worked, the number of overtime hours worked and the cost
of benefits and/or benefit supplements. On demand, the employer shall
furnish to the commissioner or his or her duly authorized representative
a sworn statement of the hours worked, rate or rates of compensation,
for each covered airport worker, plus such other information as the
commissioner deems material and necessary. Every employer shall keep
such records open to inspection by the commissioner or his or her duly
authorized representative at any reasonable time. Every employer of a
covered airport worker shall keep a digest and summary of this article
which shall be prepared by the commissioner, posted in a conspicuous
place in his or her establishment and shall also keep posted such
additional copies of said digest and summary as the commissioner
prescribes. Employers shall, on request, be furnished with copies of
this article and of orders, and of digests and summaries thereof,
without charge. Employers shall permit the commissioner or his or her
duly authorized representative to question without interference any
employee of such employer in a private location at the place of
employment and during working hours in respect to the wages paid to and
the hours worked by such employee or other employees.