When most people think of a manual worker, they tend to imagine a person pumping gas at a service station or wearing a hard hat on a construction site, not a retail sales associate wearing designer clothes working in a fashion boutique. With that said, more and more retail workers in New York are filing lawsuits arguing that they too should be considered manual workers, and thus paid on a weekly basis, pursuant to Section 191 of the New York Labor Law (Section 191).

Section 191 requires employers to issue weekly paychecks for those deemed “manual” workers, and provide at least semi-monthly paychecks for those who are considered “clerical and other” workers.