Source: Paul Rusnak, GREENHOUSE GROWER, 1/10/20


A federal judge put a temporary halt to parts of a new farm labor legislation last week. Currently, relatives outside of the immediate family and salaried managers and supervisors are considered farm laborers. For the next few weeks, the new labor law ensuring overtime pay and other rights for these groups is on hold. This restraining order was a result of an appeal from New York State Vegetable Growers Association (NYSVGA) and Northeast Dairy Producers Association (NEDPA), which pointed out vaguely worded portions of the new law would create problems.

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