How to file a wage claim in New York.
Filed with the NYS Department of Labor. Form: LS 223 Claim for Unpaid Wages. Statute of limitations: 6 years (NY Labor Law § 198(3)).
Calculate your specific deadline
Enter the date wages were due → get the deadline for New York, federal FLSA, EEOC charge, and NLRB ULP.
Open SOL calculatorWhat this form covers
NY Labor Law gives one of the longest SOLs in the country. Frequency-of-pay rules for manual workers add an extra cause of action.
Where the form is filed
The LS 223 Claim for Unpaid Wages is the canonical wage-claim form for New York. SynthCounsel hosts the official .gov source PDF and re-verifies it nightly.
Federal options run in parallel
State wage claims don’t replace federal claims. The FLSA SOL (2 years; 3 if willful) runs separately from New York’s SOL, and you may file with the US DOL Wage & Hour Division for federal minimum-wage and overtime violations. For discrimination claims, the EEOC charge clock starts at 180 days (300 days in deferral states like New York).
- · FLSA wage claim: DOL WH-31 (dol.gov)
- · EEOC discrimination charge: SynthCounsel wizard + eeoc.gov
- · NLRB unfair labor practice: NLRB-501 (nlrb.gov)
- · OSHA workplace hazard: OSHA-7 (osha.gov)
Wage claim guides for nearby states
Wage claim time limits
All four parallel deadlines (state, FLSA, EEOC, NLRB) from one date.
EEOC charge wizard
Build a Form 5 narrative if your wage claim involves discrimination.