With the widespread cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, some farm employers have had difficulty staffing regular operations due to employees in quarantine. In many cases, the employees are asymptomatic and would like to ...
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At the recent Labor Roadshow V we had significant discussion about permanent New York Paid Sick Leave that became effective in 2021. Details of the law can be found at the NYSDOL website, but ...
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The federal government publishes the Adverse Effect Wage Rate each year for farm workers in the U.S. using H-2A, the agricultural guest worker program. These wage rates will be effective January 1, 2022. New ...
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Apparently a decision about the overtime threshold for New York farm laborers is not quite as imminent as we thought. NYSDOL today updated their website to schedule three hearings in January. Farm employees, employers, ...
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We’ve just released a report titled: “Effects of NY Overtime Laws on Agricultural Production Costs and Competitiveness.” Many thanks to Chris Wolf for leading this project and to the many collaborators from CCE, PRO-DAIRY, NYCAMH, ...
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