New York is set to allow farm workers to get overtime like other workers who go by a 40-hour week.
On Friday, state Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon announced she accepted the New York Farm Laborers Wage Board’s decision to lower the overtime threshold from beyond 60 hours down to 40 by 2032.
The decision, taken after a 2-1 vote by the wage board on Sept. 6, came as relief for labor advocates who saw this as a historic wrong under federal worker protections that left out farm workers.
“This is a long-established value in this country: When people work over 40 hours, that sacrifice should be recognized accordingly,” said Emma Kreyche, the director of advocacy, outreach and education for the Worker Justice Center of New York, a nonprofit that provides legal services to farm workers. “That’s all we’ve been asking for all these years is equality under the law.”
Representatives for employers see New York’s move as unfair and an inaccurate depiction of farming. They believe the agricultural industry has different work requirements than other sectors and lowering the workweek threshold adds costs on thin profit...
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