By 2024, Washington farmworkers working more than 40 hours per week will all earn overtime pay under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday.
As passed, the bill bans retroactive overtime payments under a 12-page striking amendment from state Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines. The bill, as amended, phases in overtime pay for farm workers at 1.5 times the minimum wage starting in 2022. The rate applies to farmworkers working 55 hours a week in 2022, 48 hours a week in 2023, and all farmworkers working more than 40 hours a week by 2024.
Washington extends overtime pay to farmworkers | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.
This week's Open Mic guest is Debbie Reed, executive director of the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium. ESMC was established in 2017 from the Noble Foundation's desire to discover market-based solutions to improve soil health. With tremendous energy from the private sector toward reducing greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, Reed says agriculture and forestry can play an important role in accomplishing positive environmental outcomes.
New Law Gives Farm Workers Overtime Pay, Not Everyone Is In Agreement | Top Story |
Overtime law: Ag workers to get paid more - YakTriNews.com
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Agricultural workers in Washington state would become eligible for overtime pay under a bill signed Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, drawing praise from President Joe Biden.
Senate Bill 5172 creates a phased-in path toward full overtime pay for agricultural workers by 2024. For 2022, they ensure overtime pay for any time worked over 55 hours a week; 48 hours a week in 2023; and 40 hours a week by 2024.
"Agricultural workers in Washington and across the country have helped carry our nation through this pandemic — working long hours, often at great personal risk, to meet the needs of their communities and keep America healthy and well-nourished," Biden said in a news release. "These overtime protections will ensure that agricultural workers in Washington are paid for all of the vital work they do."
MTA paid track worker $79K in overtime by mistake: watchdog
The MTA paid a subway worker $79,000 in overtime pay over three years that she wasn’t actually eligible for — while no one in management noticed, according to a new report from the agency’s watchdog.
MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny said no less than eight supervisors failed to flag the unnamed office worker’s OT and travel time tab — which she earned in violation of her contract and agency policies prohibiting extra hours for office workers.
Allowing More Ohio Workers to Earn Overtime Pay | The Herald
It's simple: if you work extra hours, you should earn extra pay. Four and a half years ago in Columbus, I stood with then-Vice President Biden and the Secretary of Labor, and we announced that the administration was going to finally raise the salary threshold to earn overtime pay, making millions more workers eligible. The rule would have meant more […]
AT&T Beats Texas Call Center Employees' Request for Overtime Pay
AT&T Services Inc. and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. prevailed over former call center employees' claims that they weren't paid for overtime because the plaintiffs brought claims last year that were nearly identical, a federal district court in Texas decided.
The plaintiffs, Cedric Harrington and eight other hourly employees, alleged the companies violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas said Tuesday.
Overtime for farmworkers could be a painful adjustment, Wash. growers say | KOMO
Police OT under scrutiny in Holyoke
HOLYOKE — Speaking at a virtual City Council meeting on March 2, Police Chief Manny Febo was upset. He accused councilors of "insulting" and "ridiculous" micromanagement.
"It's like you want to manage the police department," Febo said. "I don't think anyone here is qualified to manage the police department, but you're qualified to criticize, which regularly happens, and I'm a little frustrated. And I apologize if I seem that way but I'm kind of fed up … It's kind of crazy."
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Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill on Monday that would put free feminine hygiene products in Washington schools. https://t.co/pL9Qjii7vj Q13FOX (from Seattle) Fri May 07 02:45:08 +0000 2021
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