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JLARC begins review of Labor & Industries enforcement of laws affecting farm workers
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JLARC staff outlined planned study questions for a review of Department of Labor & Industries enforcement of wage, hour, health and safety, and anti-retaliation laws affecting farm workers; staff will examine processes, efficiency, and equitable access and noted ambiguity in the term "farm worker" vs. "agricultural worker."
The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee on Sept. 17 started a legislatively mandated review of the Department of Labor & Industries’ enforcement of laws affecting farm workers, with JLARC staff presenting planned study questions and a timeline for preliminary and final reports in 2026.
Susanna Pratt and Hope Thompson told the committee the 2022 legislature directed JLARC to examine L&I’s enforcement of wage-and-hour, workplace health-and-safety, and anti-retaliation laws that apply to farm workers. JLARC staff said the mandate uses the term "farm worker," but state statute defines…
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