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
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 ...
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