The state’s Farm Laborers Wage Board by-passed a legal deadline of December 15th to decide whether farm workers should receive overtime pay after working 40 hours a week. The state’s Department of Labor says it will instead hold more hearings on the issue, beginning in January.
The state’s Farm Laborers Wage Board bypassed a legal deadline of December 15 to decide whether farm workers should receive overtime pay after working 40 hours a week. The state Department of Labor says it will instead hold more hearings on the issue, beginning in January.
"We’re not machines that can just be replaced. We are essential workers," said Luis, a 17-year farm working veteran who asked not to give his last name.