10.09.2022 Agriculture Overtime pay for farm laborers to be phased in over next decade Farm laborers will be entitled to overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week in 2032, following an order signed by the state labor commissioner. Labor Commissioner...
12.24.2021 Agriculture State may lower overtime threshold for farm laborers, bypasses December deadline The state’s Farm Laborers Wage Board plans to hold more hearings in January on potentially lowering the overtime work threshold for farm laborers from 60 to 40 hours per...
03.05.2020 Agriculture New law requires overtime for farmworkers after 60 hours, but changes could already be coming The New York State Department of Labor has convened a new wage board to investigate and make recommendations regarding a new law that requires farmworkers be paid overtime for...