Source: Dan Nosowitz, MODERN FARMER, 11/11/20


There are many ways in which agricultural labor—despite being difficult, dangerous, and necessary—is treated differently from other types of labor. One of those is in overtime pay, which, unlike in other industries, is not required federally. But last week, reports the Associated Press, the Washington Supreme Court (the state, not the city) ruled that there’s no reason not to require overtime pay for dairy farmworkers—thus making it required now. Laws regarding overtime pay date back to the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which established many of the most important work protections...

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