Changes in the New York State Farm Minimum Wage Law: Effective January 1, 1991

A.E. Ext. 90-29Two specific areas of the New York State Farm Minimum Wage Order are affected by recent mandated changes. They are wage rates (including both regular employees and youth employees) and allowances (including both meals and housing). In addition to changes in the value of housing allowances, there are now two distinct rates which can apply when a house or apartment with utilities is provided. One rate is for an individual employee and one is for an employee with a family. The specific Farm Minimum Wage Order changes are summarized in the following three tables. Table 1 lists the wage rate changes for both regular and youth employees. Table 2 lists the meal and housing allowance changes and Table 3 illustrates how housing allowances are calculated. Wage rates and allowance rates are scheduled to increase on January 1, 1991 and then again on January 1, 1992

Human Resource Management on the Farm: A Management Letter Series

A.E. Ext. 88-22The information in this publication was originally prepared as an Extension letter series for farm managers interested in becoming better personnel managers. This publication combines all the letters in the series into one source for easy reference. It is not intended to be a complete reference on the subject of farm human resource management, but a discussion of basic principles. The information in this publication can be used in two ways. First, Cooperative Extension agents and others have mailed the letters one at a time to farm audiences. This approach has raised the level of awareness of the farm audience about human resource management issues. Second, as a compiled set of letters, this publication can serve as a management reference for the farm and small business manager