The state’s 800,000 farm workers will be eligible for time-and-a-half pay after 40 hours of work a week phased in over four years
Farm workers in California are celebrating this week after governor Jerry Brown signed a new law on Monday entitling them to the same overtime pay as most other hourly workers in the state.
California, the largest producer of agricultural goods in the country, is the first state to introduce time-and-a-half pay for farm workers after eight hours of work a day, or 40 hours a week.
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Source: Guardian Environment