WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — In August 2016, a new legislation sponsored by the association United Farm Workers was cleared by the Senate by 21-14 vote.
The bill introduced decrease of the 10-hour-day threshold for overtime by 30 minutes each year starting in 2019.
"Governor Brown today announced that he has signed the… bill AB 1066 by Assembly member Lorena Gonzalez — Agricultural workers: wages, hours, and working conditions," the release stated on Monday.
California lawmakers explained earlier in August that the phase-in would be by annual half-hour-per-day increments until reaching eight hours, and annual five-hour-per-week increments until reaching 40 hours.
According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the state’s farms and ranches received approximately $47 billion for their output in 2015. This number showed a decrease of nearly 17 percent compared to 2014, but California remains the leading US state in cash farm receipts.
