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Rep. Supernaught pitches H.403 to extend minimum wage, overtime and housing inspections for farmworkers
Summary
H.403 would repeal the minimum-wage exemption for agricultural workers, create overtime after 60 hours at time-and-a-half, and require an Agency of Agriculture survey and Division of Fire Safety inspections to assess farmworker housing conditions.
Representative Heather Supernaught, vice chair of the House Committee on Agriculture, presented H.403, a bill that would (1) repeal the exemption of agricultural workers from state minimum wage laws, (2) make farmworkers eligible for overtime pay after 60 hours in a week at time-and-a-half, and (3) require the Agency of Agriculture to survey the adequacy, availability and safety of farm employee housing.
“This bill would ensure that farm workers are paid the state's minimum wage,” Supernaught told the House Committee on General & Housing, and she said the overtime provision would phase in later to give farm owners time to…
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