2024 Becker Forum
Event Details
Date
January 22, 2024
Time
8:30am-5:00pm
Location
OnCenter
800 S. State Street
Syracuse, NY
Host
Cornell Ag Workforce Development/NYS Vegetable Growers Assoc.
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Event Registration
Becker Forum
The Becker Forum is back at the Oncenter in Syracuse, NY on Monday, January 22, 2024 from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM.
Topics include:
- H-2A Job Classifications and Wage Rates
- NY Overtime Tax Credit
- NY Farm Labor Union Update
- Labor Laws and Best Practices for Growers During an Audit
- Improving Farm Labor Effectiveness and Efficiency
- Farm and Food Workers Relief Grant Program
- Unemployment Insurance and Partial Employment
Guest speakers will include Attorney Joshua Viau of Fisher Phillips Law Firm, Attorney Chris Schulte of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Sarah Decker and Ivette Vigano of the U.S. Department of Labor and more.
If you have H2A employees and are unsure of how to fill in job order requests this year, a representative of US DOL (national) will be here to help interpret the new regulations!
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