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A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-3131| Senate 
| Updated: 6/25/2018
Kamala D. Harris

Kamala D. Harris

Democratic Senator

California

Cosponsors (10)
Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tom Udall (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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 2019, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2019, 50 hours in 2020, 45 hours in 2021, and 40 hours in 2022) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the overtime pay requirements begin in 2022. These overtime pay requirements do not apply, as in current law, to employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family. The bill also repeals the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, including certain small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing.
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Timeline
Jun 25, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Jun 25, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 26, 2018

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-6230
Introduced in House
  • June 25, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 25, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • June 26, 2018

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-6230
    Introduced in House

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Related Bills

  • HR 115-6230: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.
Labor standardsMigrant, seasonal, agricultural laborWages and earnings

A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-3131| Senate 
| Updated: 6/25/2018
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 2019, to compensate agricultural workers for hours worked in excess of their regular hours (i.e., 55 hours in 2019, 50 hours in 2020, 45 hours in 2021, and 40 hours in 2022) at not less than one and one-half times the employee's regular rate. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, the overtime pay requirements begin in 2022. These overtime pay requirements do not apply, as in current law, to employees who are the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family. The bill also repeals the exemption from overtime pay requirements for employers in various agriculture-related industries, including certain small farms, irrigation projects, sugar processing, and cotton ginning and compressing.
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Timeline
Jun 25, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Jun 25, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 26, 2018

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-6230
Introduced in House
  • June 25, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 25, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • June 26, 2018

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-6230
    Introduced in House
Kamala D. Harris

Kamala D. Harris

Democratic Senator

California

Cosponsors (10)
Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tom Udall (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 115-6230: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide increased labor law protections for agricultural workers, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Labor standardsMigrant, seasonal, agricultural laborWages and earnings