Under the NY Wage Theft Prevention Act New York employers are required to provide all employees written notice of their wage rates each year by February 1, as well as, to each new hire.
Visit the New York Department of Labor Standards at http://www.labor.ny.gov/formsdocs/wp/ellsformsandpublications.shtm to download the Notice and Acknowledgement of Pay Rate and Payday in many languages (English, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Polish, Russian, and Spanish).