Despite the fact that legislators claim to be helping farm workers with legislation aimed at introducing overtime requirements, farmworkers say that they weren’t consulted before the new rules were proposed, and that they liked it better the way things were. The new rules will cap available hours at 40 per week, ultimately reducing farm workers’ take home pay. Listen to their explanations in this video:
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