Most employers are familiar with the increases in New York’s hourly minimum wage. As of December 31, 2018, the hourly wage rate is now $12.00/hour in Long Island and Westchester and $11.10/hour in all of upstate New York. It’s important to note that employees who are paid on a salary basis also received an increase in the minimum weekly wage. For 2019 the weekly salary minimum wage is:
- $832/week in Upstate New York, and
- $900/week in Long Island and Westchester.
NYSDOL provides a document with this and other miscellaneous rates at this link.
Ag Workforce Development Council’s Labor Road Show II fires up in less than three weeks!
Sign up now to reserve your spot at this important event! Learn about farm employee housing, new employee onboarding, sexual harassment prevention, wage and hour laws, engaged employees, safety updates, upcoming “worker care” programs, and more.
Registration is open at this link and $55/person is payable at the door.
Four sites across the upstate, including:
- Mon. Jan. 28, 2019, Livingood’s Restaurant, 697 Bear Swamp RD, Peru, NY
- Tues, Jan. 29, 2019, Cornell Cooperative Extension – Saratoga County, Ballston Spa, NY
- Weds, Jan. 30, 2019, New York State Fairgrounds, Art & Home Center Building, Syracuse, NY
- Thurs, Jan. 31, 2019, Cornell Cooperative Extension – Ontario County, Canandaigua, NY
