This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Administrative/Regulatory

Sep. 16, 2016

Bill may change the face of farm production in California

The farmworker overtime bill, now signed into law, could affect hundreds of thousands of agricultural workers and change the face of farm production. By Larry M. Kazanjian

Larry M. Kazanjian

Partner
Palmer, Kazanjian, Wohl & Hodson LLP

2277 Fair Oaks Blvd #455
Sacramento , CA 95825

Phone: (916) 442-3552

Email: lkazanjian@pkwhlaw.com

See more...

By Larry M. Kazanjian

On Sept. 12, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 1066, which amends Section 554 of the Labor Code to remove from its provisions the overtime exemption of persons employed in an agricultural occupation - a move that could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of agricultural workers and change the face of farm production. Existing law requires an employer to pay overtime wages to an employee who works over eight ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up