New York State farm workers are looking to make improvements to the Farm Labor Fair Labor Practices Act, an act which was originally put in place to help protec
New York State farm workers are looking to make improvements to the Farm Labor Fair Labor Practices Act, an act which was originally put in place to help protec
Farmers in Central New York and across the state could eventually have to pay farm workers overtime if they work over 40 hours per week. The previous threshold was 60 hours set in 2019. Some are applauding the decision, while others say it’ll create hardship.
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ITHACA, N.Y. - As COVID-19 bore down on New York state, the Cornell Farmworker Program used mobile phone technology to provide rapid guidance and clear health information in multiple languages to the state s farmworkers. Now, new federal funding will expand the program and further integrate the initiative with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE).
The funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) will help the program continue to reach more than 3,000 New York farmworkers with critical health and legal information. The three-year, $90,000 grant will help integrate Cornell University research across colleges with on-the-ground training for farmworkers from the Cornell Farmworker Program and CCE.