Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the motion is granted.
The relief enumerated in Labor Law § 740 was intended by the Legislature to be the exclusive remedies available to a plaintiff (see, Labor Law § 740 [5]). Since Labor Law § 740 (5) does not authorize recovery for punitive damages, the plaintiff's demand for that relief should have been dismissed (see, Hoffman v Altana, Inc.,
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