Bill > S385

This bill, the Fairness for Farm Workers Act, amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Requiring employers to pay agricultural workers overtime pay (at a rate of at least one and a half times their regular pay) for hours worked in excess of 55 hours in 2021, 50 hours in 2022, 45 hours in 2023, and 40 hours in 2024. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, these overtime pay requirements begin in 2024. 2. Repealing the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, such as small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing. 3. Retaining the current exemption from overtime pay requirements for employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family. The bill aims to provide more equitable treatment and labor protections for agricultural workers, who were previously exempt from certain overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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