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NY S02721
Bill
Status
1/17/2017
Primary Sponsor
Marisol Alcantara
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AI Summary
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Removes farm laborers from exclusion in collective bargaining rights definition, granting them union representation and collective bargaining protections under labor law.
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Requires farm employers to provide farm laborers at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each calendar week, with exceptions for family members and weather/crop conditions.
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Establishes 8-hour workday and 40-hour workweek for farm laborers with overtime compensation at one and one-half times the normal wage rate.
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Extends unemployment insurance coverage and workers' compensation eligibility to farm laborers, requiring employers to provide injury claim forms and report workplace injuries.
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Applies sanitary code requirements to all farm and food processing labor camps housing migrant workers regardless of occupancy level, and requires workers' compensation notices posted in English and Spanish.
Legislative Description
Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for an 8 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farmworkers.
Last Action
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO AGRICULTURE
2/12/2018