SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed AB 1066 which changes the way farm workers are paid overtime.

The new law will begin phasing in at the beginning of 2017. It will end the 10-hour work day, 60- hour work week threshold workers had to meet to be eligible for overtime pay at agricultural operations.

Under the new law, farm workers will get overtime after working eight hours a day or 40 hours in a single week. Read More…

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