When:

• Thursday, November 19, 2020 @ 5:30pm
• Tuesday, December 1, 2020 @ 4pm
• Wednesday, December 2, 2020 @ 3pm
  
  

What: Meeting on the overtime work threshold for farm laborers in New York State

Who: New York State Farm Laborers Wage Board

Where: Virtual Zoom

Media RSVP:
Email: PressOffice@labor.ny.gov

About the Hearings

On Friday, February 28, 2020, New York State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon convened a wage board with the following members:

• David Fisher, President of the New York Farm Bureau
• Denis Hughes, former President of the New York State AFL-CIO
• Brenda McDuffie, President of the Buffalo Urban League

Five public hearings have been held to hear testimony to consider the existing overtime work threshold for farm laborers and the extent to which the overtime work threshold may be lowered in New York State. 

The Department of Labor has announced three additional meetings of the Board to hear presentations from the Department of Labor, to discuss the written submissions and testimony received at previous hearings, and to make recommendations on the overtime work threshold for farm laborers and the extent to which the threshold may be lowered.

The meeting is open to members of the public and will be conducted via video conference, however, no public testimony will be taken at this meeting. Public testimony was previously taken at five public hearings throughout the year and via written submission.

More information about the Farm Laborer Wage Board, including meeting documents, videos of past meetings, and the live meeting webcast details are available at:  https://www.labor.ny.gov/workerprotection/farm-laborer-wage-board.shtm