Fairness for Farm Workers Act

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Passed One Chamber

Passed Both Chambers

Signed into Law

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Farm workers would gain overtime pay and stronger labor protections under new rules.

This bill would give most farm workers the right to earn overtime pay after working long hours. It would gradually require agricultural employers to pay time-and-a-half for hours worked beyond a certain weekly limit, eventually reaching 40 hours per week. This changes current laws that exempt many farm workers from these protections.

What Would Change

Today, many agricultural workers are exempt from federal overtime pay requirements and other labor protections. This bill would change that by gradually requiring most agricultural employers to pay time-and-a-half for hours worked over a weekly limit, eventually reaching 40 hours per week. It would also remove several existing exemptions that currently apply to farm work.

Key Provisions

Requires larger agricultural employers (more than 25 employees) to pay overtime to farm workers after 55 hours per week starting January 1, 2027, gradually lowering to 40 hours by January 1, 2030.
Requires smaller agricultural employers (25 or fewer employees) to pay overtime to farm workers after 55 hours per week starting January 1, 2030, gradually lowering to 40 hours by January 1, 2033.
Ends the current overtime exemption for most agricultural workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Removes the exemption that allowed farms using fewer than 500 'man-days' of labor to avoid certain labor protections, except for immediate family members of the employer.
Repeals specific exemptions for certain agricultural jobs, such as those in cotton ginning or sugar processing.

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Fairness for Farm Workers Act

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