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This week the New York State Department of Labor finalized farm labor overtime regulations. Over the next 10 years overtime will be reduced from the current 60-hour threshold to 40 hours.
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The New York Farm Laborers Wage Board formally sent its recommendation to the state labor commissioner Tuesday that the farmworker overtime threshold be lowered. Farm labor advocates are calling for the recommendations to be approved as soon as possible while farmers say the process was stacked against them.
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The New York Farm Laborers Wage Board has formally sent its recommendation that farmworker overtime be lowered to the state labor commissioner.
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When it meets Tuesday afternoon, the three-member New York Farm Laborers Wage Board is expected to recommend the current 60-hour overtime threshold for farmworkers be lowered to 40 hours over 10 years.
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The New York Department of Labor’s Farm Wage Board held three meetings in late December to determine if the overtime threshold for farm workers should be…
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New York’s Farm Workers Fair Laborers Practices Act mandates that all farmworkers, including foreign visa employees, receive overtime after working 60…
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With national calls to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants the state to lead by example. He’s imposing the wage…
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New York's Wage Board has finalized its recommendation endorsing a $15 minimum wage for fast-food workers in chain restaurants. The three-member board met…
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A state Wage Board has voted to phase-in an increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers to $15 an hour, making New York the first state in the…
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The people who depend on the generosity of others for something extra in their paycheck may be getting a raise.New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered…