Snow Removal Responsibilities, Payment of Wages, and GNYADA Vendors
/Snow Removal Responsibilities
Dealers are reminded to be aware of local code requirements concerning snow removal. In many jurisdictions snow removal from sidewalks and around fire hydrants is the responsibility of the property owner, lessee, tenant, or occupant.
In New York City, dealers must take the following steps to be in compliance:
If the snow stops falling between:
7:00 a.m. and 4:49 p.m. -
you must clear within four hours5:00 p.m. and 8:59 p.m. -
you must clear within fourteen hours Example: If the snow stops falling at 7:00 p.m., the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in charge of any lot or building has until 9:00 a.m. the following morning to clear.9:00 p.m. and 6:59 a.m. -
you must clear by 11:00 a.m. the next day
Cover sidewalks with ashes, sand, sawdust, or similar suitable material within the same time limits if the snow or ice is too hard to remove.
Do Not throw snow from your property into the street.
Businesses must clear snow and ice from fire hydrants so that emergency services can access them.
City businesses who do not comply can face fines of:
$100- $150 1st Offense
$150- $350 2nd Offense
$250- $350 3rd Offense and subsequent
The NYC Department of Sanitation guide to snow removal, including a description of when sidewalk snow/ice removal must be completed is available here.
To see GNYADA's List of Snow Removal Equipment Vendors, click here.
As always, if you you have any further questions about this issue or any other compliance matters, please contact GNYADA's Director of Compliance, Tom Higgins, at 718.746.5900 or tom@gnyada.com.
Severe Weather Closings
Payment of Wages
With the heavy snow falling, Dealers should alert employees about dealership policies during severe weather.
Below is a description of rules for paying your employees if you must close your dealership or if you have a delayed opening.
Hourly employees
If employees are notified in advance that the dealership will be closed, dealers do not need to pay them. Dealers can allow employees to use their accrued time off to be paid.
If the dealership closes but does not let employees know in time, dealers must pay any employees who report to work for at least four hours (or the minimum number of hours in the shift, whichever is less) at minimum wage.
If the dealership closes early, hourly employees must be paid for the actual hours worked or at least four hours at the minimum wage, whichever is greater.
If an employee decides to stay home and the dealership is open, any time taken off due to the poor weather conditions is unpaid or may be taken as a vacation, sick or personal day.
Salaried employees
If the dealership doesn’t open, these employees need to be paid their full salary.
If the dealership is open and the salaried employee decides to stay home, the dealer may require them to use accrued leave. A dealer cannot dock an employee for partial day absences, even if they work only half a day.
Dealers with union contracts must abide by the Severe Weather policies in the CBA.
GNYADA's List of Snow Removal Equipment Vendors
With this big storm upon us, be sure replenish the supplies needed for snow removal equipment and ice melt.
The vendors below currently have plenty of supplies available, but please keep in mind that as the storm intensifies, inventory could change quickly for all vendors.
If what you need is not listed here, contact Jennifer Berman at 718.746.5900 or Jennifer@gnyada.com.
Global Industrial:
Click links below for more information
Delivery Time is dependent on the product ordered.
To place an order – Call - 888-978-7759
Tri County Auto Supply:
Snow rakes and snow shovels available.
Also, Calcium Chloride and Rock Salt 50lbs- bags by the pallet.
Snow Rakes - $19.95
Plastic HD Snow Shovels - $12.00
Calcium Chloride 50lb bags - $19.95 a bag- 55 bags per pallet
Rock Salt 50lb bags - $7.95 a bag- 49 bags per pallet
To Place an order - Call or email Tatiana Santiago - C. 973-349-4947 or tatiana@shoptca.com
Speed of delivery - 48-72 hours max., depending on the weather/road conditions.
10% discount on orders for GNYADA members
50LB PAIL $20.00
Pallets of 36 buckets $650
To Place an order - Call or email - Tim DiMartino -(516)403-4800 ext.30149 or dimartinot@Cintas.com
Speed of Delivery - 2 pallets can be delivered on Wednesday. Any orders for more than that would be available next Tuesday 2/9.
Shovels- Push shovel with steel blade - 24" $23.27 each
18" steel snow shovel $13.41 each
Plastic back saver shovel 18" $14.70 each
Plastic push shovels are $12.00 each.
Cool Blue, Green Scapes, calcium chloride in bags and pails in stock.
To place an order – Call Joe Currao - Cell 917-217-9237 Office 201-939-4200 EX. 201 or jcurrao@americanpapertowel.com
Delivery time – Tuesday2/2 -Thursday2/4.
