Job Information
City of New York Labor Compliance Officer, Labor Monitoring Unit in New York, New York
Job Description
Agency Description:
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) is the nation’s largest municipal housing preservation and development agency. Its mission is to promote quality housing and diverse, thriving neighborhoods for New Yorkers through loan and development programs for new affordable housing, preservation of the affordability of the existing housing stock, enforcement of housing quality standards, and educational programs for tenants and building owners. HPD is tasked with fulfilling the Mayor’s Housing New York: A Five-Borough Ten-Year Plan to create and preserve 200,000 affordable units for New Yorkers at the very lowest incomes to those in the middle class.
Job Description:
HPD’s division of Economic Opportunity and Regulatory Compliance (EORC) promotes inclusion and economic opportunity while also enforcing legal requirements on existing projects. The Labor Monitoring Unit (LMU) is a department within EORC and monitors affordable housing construction projects to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local labor laws. LMU’s labor compliance officers analyze payroll records and make field visits to affordable housing construction sites to establish contact with laborers and mechanics in the course of performing investigations for wage theft and other labor law violations. Labor compliance officers are required to regularly make unannounced visits to construction sites, respond to tips, and investigate labor standards complaints.
HPD is seeking a highly motivated individual to join LMU’s team of labor compliance officers. The selected candidate will monitor city-financed development projects subject to prevailing wage and other labor law requirements and/or projects subject to the agency’s Enhanced Review program.
NYC Residency is required
Tasks will include:
Monitoring labor law compliance on city-financed development projects subject to prevailing wage and other pay requirements;
Analysis of payroll records to identify potential wage underpayments and other labor law violations;
Conducting frequent unannounced visits to active construction sites and documenting observations;
Interviewing laborers and mechanics both in person and by phone to assess labor conditions;
Communicating with employers to gather payroll related information and provide labor law education;
Performing complex calculations to determine restitution owed to underpaid workers on projects;
Coordinating with internal and external partners to collect information to support enforcement action;
Writing detailed reports to document monitoring and investigative activities;
Minimum Qualifications
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and four years of satisfactory full-time experience in one or more of the fields of accounting, auditing, criminal justice administration and planning, forensic science, inspection, investigation, law enforcement, personnel administration, police science, or
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college; or
Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above
Qualifications
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.