The following post clarifying NYS COVID-19 paid leave requirements appeared in NEDPA’s e-newsletter on October 18, 2021. This applies to all NY farm employers so we’re re-posting for everyone to see. NYS COVID-19 Paid Leave ...
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Managing Performance course applicable to all agricultural commodities Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development has opened registration for Managing Performance, a new six-week course in the Supervisory Leadership Certificate program. Managing Performance materials will release November ...
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Specialty crop growers and many processors are eligible to apply for federal grant funding to cover the costs of pandemic-related improvements to prevent the spread of COVID. This includes improvements to worker housing. See ...
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New York’s Public Employer Relations Board (PERB) certified the first farm employee union at their meeting on September 27, 2021. Local 338 of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union/United Food and Commercial Workers ...
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Key Messages: Farm employees are no longer exempt from quarantine orders. The “essential” employee designation for farm employees ended when the state terminated the COVID-19 executive orders. Generally, vaccinated people can continue working after ...
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