California considers farmworker overtime bill

Published August 20, 2012 11:59pm ET



SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California farmworkers would be paid overtime after working an eight-hour day or 40 hours in a week, the same as other non-management employees, under a bill approved by the state Senate.

Farm laborers currently are paid overtime after working 10 hours in a day or a 60-hour week.

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