Do the minimum wage requirements cover everyone?
• Executives and administrators earning more than $543.75 per week • Professionals • Outside salespersons • Taxicab drivers • Government employees (However, certain non-teaching employees of BOCES are covered) • Part-time babysitters • Companions to the sick or elderly who live in their employer’s home and whose principal duties do not include housework • Ministers and members of religious orders • Volunteers, learners, apprentices and students working in non-profit institutions • Students obtaining vocational experience The Labor Law does not consider independent contractors – people who are in business for themselves – as “employees.” This means that minimum wage requirements do not cover independent contractors. These are the major exclusions.
