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Introduced
02/07/2019
02/07/2019
In Committee
02/07/2019
02/07/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to agricultural workers. The bill requires employers, beginning in 2021, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2021, 50 hours in 2022, 45 hours in 2023, and 40 hours in 2024) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the overtime pay requirements begin in 2024. These overtime pay requirements do not apply, as in current law, to employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family. The bill also repeals the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, including certain small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing.
AI Summary
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 overtime (at least 1.5 times the regular rate) to agricultural workers 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. Maintaining 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 address the historical exclusion of agricultural workers from key labor law protections by gradually reducing the number of hours that can be worked without overtime pay, and by eliminating certain exemptions for agriculture-related industries.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (66)
Raúl Grijalva (D)*,
Nanette Barragán (D),
Karen Bass (D),
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Salud Carbajal (D),
Tony Cárdenas (D),
Kathy Castor (D),
Joaquin Castro (D),
Judy Chu (D),
David Cicilline (D),
Gil Cisneros (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Lou Correa (D),
TJ Cox (D),
Peter DeFazio (D),
Rosa DeLauro (D),
Val Demings (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Anna Eshoo (D),
Adriano Espaillat (D),
Ruben Gallego (D),
Sylvia Garcia (D),
Chuy García (D),
Josh Harder (D),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Katie Hill (D),
Jared Huffman (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Joseph Kennedy (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Al Lawson (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Mike Levin (D),
Ted Lieu (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Alan Lowenthal (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Jerry Nadler (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Joe Neguse (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),
Frank Pallone (D),
Jimmy Panetta (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),
Bobby Rush (D),
Tim Ryan (D),
Linda Sánchez (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Bobby Scott (D),
José Serrano (D),
Brad Sherman (D),
Darren Soto (D),
Eric Swalwell (D),
Mark Takano (D),
Norma Torres (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Marc Veasey (D),
Nydia Velázquez (D),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (on 02/07/2019)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1080/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1080/BILLS-116hr1080ih.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1080/BILLS-116hr1080ih.pdf.pdf |
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