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SB 5172 Deadline Pt 2
Wednesday Apr 7th, 2021 With today’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. In Olympia, no changes yet have been made to a Senate bill that has moved on to the House aimed primarily at protecting ag employers from retroactive overtime payments.
Pam Lewison, Washington Policy Center’s Ag Initiative Director, says we were led to believe there would be some tweaking of SB 5172 that considers the nature of agriculture …
LEWISON … “What was originally discussed was some flexibility that we here in Washington state grow crops that are not mindful of a 40-hour work week. And, those amendments have not come to fruition either.”
SB 5172 Stalls Pt 3
Monday Apr 5th, 2021 With today’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. The clock is ticking as ag employers hope to see some needed changes on a Senate bill that’s moved to the House aimed at protecting ag employers from retroactive overtime payments.
Pam Lewison, Ag Initiative Director at the Washington Policy Center, says if changes are made it has to be NOW …
LEWISON … “We have a really short time line before it hits the House floor and then, hopefully, everything that gets done is done and then it crosses the Governor’s desk.”
As currently written, Lewison says SB 5172 takes more than it gives …
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SB 5172 Stalls Pt 2
Friday Apr 2nd, 2021 With today’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. A bill hijacked by Senate Democrats, that began as a measure to help ag employers avoid paying retroactive overtime pay, has gone virtually unchanged in the House.
The Washington Policy Center’s Ag Initiative Director, Pam Lewison says Senate Bill 5172 has basically stalled in the House when amendments were expected …
LEWISON … “Farmers are protected from retroactive pay in a private lawsuit, so a lawsuit from a former employee. However, if state agencies like L&I chooses to file some sort of back pay suit against an employer, they’re not protected. They’re also not protected if a third-party files a lawsuit.”