Pachter v. BERNARD HODES

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the legality of a deduction often “depends on when” a commission is deemed “earned” and thus deemed a “wage” under the parties’ express or implied agreement
• explaining “it is well settled that parties to a transaction are free to . . . enter[] into a different arrangement” governing when a bonus will “be deemed ‘earned’ or vested”
• “executives are employees for purposes of Labor Law article 6, except where expressly excluded” (footnote omitted)
• “[W]hen a commission is ‘earned’ and becomes a “wage’ for purposes of [the New York wage-payment statute] is regulated by the parties’ express or implied agreement....”
• “Article 6 of the Labor Law regulates the payment of wages by employers.”

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