As a 2016 California law requiring agricultural employers to pay overtime continues to roll out in 2023, farmworkers and employers alike say the policy is costing them money. “Last year was one of the ...

New York State’s proposal to reduce the overtime threshold for ag workers from 60 to 40 hours per week is meeting resistance from farm employers. “If that should happen, we have heard some workers may ...

California sheep ranchers have filed a complaint against the state for including their workers in the agriculture overtime law that took effect for smaller employers this month. As of Jan. 1, ...

WENATCHEE, Wash. — In 2021, Washington state’s Legislature passed a bill expanding overtime pay to all agricultural employees, to be rolled out over three years. As the law gets phased in, employers ...

Some small farmers say Oregon’s new farmworker overtime law has them planning their exit strategy. Others hold out hope for a solution which accommodates them. Jeff Heater did not mince words when ...

DENVER — Colorado officially adopted new overtime rules for agricultural workers Thursday. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Division of Labor Standards and Statistics published it’s ...

Oregon legislators have once again introduced a bill that would bring overtime pay to the thousands of agricultural workers in the state. It’s a bill likely to pit farmworkers against farmers, and — ...

SALEM — A bill that would end Oregon’s agricultural overtime exemption will be voted on by the full House and Senate after passing a final legislative committee. The Joint Committee on Farm Worker ...