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New York officials gave final approval Wednesday for a measure that will lower the hourly threshold for when farm workers qualify for overtime pay.
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Farm workers in New York state will start receiving overtime pay after they reach a 40-hour-a-week threshold, in a 10-year phased-in program announced late Friday by the Hochul administration.
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New York State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon has accepted a recommendation by the Farm Laborers Wage Board to lower the farmworker overtime threshold from 60 to 40 hours per week. It follows years of debate and a 2-to-1 vote by the body earlier this month.
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Earlier this month, a state wage board recommended the overtime threshold for farm workers be lowered from 60-hours to 40-hours. But, some farm owners are worried about how this will affect their industry.
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Farm workers in New York should earn overtime pay after 40 hours worked in a week, as opposed to the current 60-hour threshold, a state wage board recommended on Tuesday.
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Farmers and worker advocates are keeping a close eye on the Farm Laborers Wage Board Tuesday, ahead of a monumental decision that will change the way many local farms operate.
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The Republican candidate for governor said the plan by a state wage board would hurt farms and their employees.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that she hasn’t decided if she’ll accept a recommendation from a state wage board to lower the number of hours farm workers have to work to earn overtime in New York.
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Members of the New York State Farm Bureau, reacting to a state labor board decision to phase in a 40-hour workweek for farm laborers, warn that could severely diminish the state’s agricultural industry, which is largely made up of small, family-owned farms.