Bill > H2812

This bill aims to provide certain tax credits for employers of agricultural workers and establish labor rights for agricultural laborers. The key provisions include: 1. Providing tax credits for employers who pay overtime wages to agricultural and farm workers, with a credit of up to 30% for year-round workers and up to 50% for seasonal workers. 2. Requiring agricultural employers to provide paid time off for their workers at a rate of 1 hour for every 40 hours worked, up to a maximum of 55 hours per year. 3. Establishing an overtime pay requirement for seasonal agricultural workers, where employers must pay 1.5 times the regular rate for hours worked over 55 per week. 4. Removing the exemption of agricultural and farm work from the definition of "occupation" under the state's wage and hour laws. 5. Defining "seasonal" agricultural and farm work as labor performed during a period of an agricultural business's operation of growing and harvesting, lasting no more than 235 consecutive days that include June, July, and August, or beginning no earlier than August 1 and lasting no more than 100 continuous days. 6. Providing two 15-minute paid breaks for agricultural workers laboring 8 hours or more per day.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H2812