H.R.1080: Fairness for Farm Workers Act

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66 (All Democrats)

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Fairness for Farm Workers Act This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to agricultural workers. The bill requires employers, beginning in 2021, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2021, 50 hours in 2022, 45 hours in 2023, and 40 hours in 2024) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Date Description
Feb. 7, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb. 7, 2019

Introduced in the House by Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

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