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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Specialty crop producers such as fruit, vegetable, and grape operations, with revenues less than $5million are eligible to apply for smalls grants to cover the costs of COVID-related improvements. Examples include: personal protective equipment ...
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New York state government passed minimum wage legislation during the 2016 budget process. The law mandated a schedule of annual increases, heading toward $15 per hour, that differed somewhat between New York City, Long ...
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