ALBANY — The fate of how many hours a farm laborer can work before qualifying for overtime took a step forward this week during the first of three public hearings on the issue. The three-member Farm ...

ALBANY — The Farm Laborer Wage Board agreed Friday to set a path to a 40-hour work week for farm workers in New York, a landmark decision that was swiftly criticized by the agricultural industry and ...

A farm laborer and his dog were tragically killed when their motorcycle slipped and a truck ran over them in Solapur, Maharashtra. The accident claimed the life of 35-year-old Balasaheb Navnath ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A farm laborer was found guilty Friday in the abduction and killing of an Iowa college student who vanished ...

ALBANY. N.Y. (NEWS10) – On Friday, the New York State Farm Laborer Wage Board took a giant leap in recommending a reduction in the number of hours farm workers need to work before clocking overtime.

The Farm Laborer Wage Board on Friday voted 2-1 to recommend that state Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon decrease the state’s farm worker weekly overtime threshold to 40 hours per week from 60 hours ...

Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunst Bay, recently proposed a hostile amendment on the state Senate floor to eliminate the wage board and keep the farm labor overtime threshold at the 60-hour level. “The ...