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S.3131 - Fairness for Farm Workers Act115th Congress (2017-2018) |

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Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] (Introduced 06/25/2018)
Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate - 06/25/2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.  (All Actions)

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Introduced in Senate (06/25/2018)

Fairness for Farm Workers Act

This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to agricultural workers.

The bill requires employers, beginning in 2019, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2019, 50 hours in 2020, 45 hours in 2021, and 40 hours in 2022) 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 2022. 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 the tobacco industry.