Sec. 146-2.8. Meals and lodging

(a) When an employer takes a meal and/or lodging credit toward the pay of an employee, the employer may not charge the employee any additional money for the meal(s) and/or lodging.

(b) A residential employee in a resort hotel whose compensation is based on the inclusion of meals shall be provided with three meals per day.

(c) An employee who works a shift requiring a meal period under section 162 of the New York State Labor Law must either:

(1) receive a meal furnished by the employer as part of his or her compensation, at no more than the meal credit allowed in this Part; or

(2) be permitted to bring his or her own food and consume it on premises.

(d) Nothing in this Part shall prevent an employee from purchasing from the employer:

(1) in a restaurant or an all-year hotel, meals at other times or places than those provided as part of his or her compensation;

(2) in a resort hotel, food in addition to meals provided as part of his or her compensation.

Such purchases may not be paid for through deductions from the employee's wages.