Jay Matteson's Rural America

Changing Farmworker Overtime Threshold and Your Dinner Plate!


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Host Jay Matteson and guest host Alan Walts interview Jefferson County Farm Bureau President and partner at Sheland Dairy Farms LLC, Devon Shelmidine and John Wagner, Director of County Relations for New York Farm Bureau about the proposed changes in the overtime threshold for farmworkers. NYS is considering lower the overtime threshold from 60 hours a week down to 40 hours a week. Our discussion willfocus on what the proposal is, how you can speak out about it and what some of the impacts of this change will be.

Will this change impact your dinner plate? Listen to the show and find out!

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Jay Matteson's Rural AmericaBy Jay M. Matteson