A state wage board is considering lowering the current 60-hour-per-week overtime threshold in New York's Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act, which took effect at the start of this year. Monday morning, Republicans within the State Senate and owners of farms across the state warned that doing so could, in the words of one speaker, "plow many businesses under."
The act was passed in July 2019 and took, effect New Year's Day. The 60-hour-per-week limit before time-and-a-half wages are required is the first overtime ever provided to New York's farmers and farm workers.
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