Daily Document Update: HR Compliance Library, ¶46,176, NY State Assembly passes bill that would give wage hour protections, collective bargaining rights to farmworkers

摘要

The New York Assembly passed the “Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act (A. 8419, Nolan) on June 19,according to New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in an announcement made with AssemblymemberCatherine Nolan and Labor Committee Chair Marcos Crespo. The measure grants collective bargaining rights,overtime pay, a day of rest and expansion of workers' compensation benefits, as well as other worker rights andprotections to all farmworkers.“Here in the Assembly Majority we pride ourselves on standing up for the rights of the hard working men andwomen across New York,” said Speaker Heastie. “Farmworkers deserve proper protections for the physicallytaxing, sometimes dangerous work they do that fuels our agricultural sector and puts food on our tables.They are vital to keeping New York's farms working and play a pivotal role in the health and well-being of ourresidents.”