Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 857. Section 857.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016.
CHAPTER 6. Agriculture [857. - 864.]
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in effectCal. Labor Code - LAB § 858. Section 858.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)
Agricultural employees engage in back-breaking work every day.
(b)
Few occupations in today’s America are as physically demanding and exhausting as agricultural work.
(c)
In 1938, the United States Congress enacted the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq.), which excluded agricultural workers from wage protections and overtime compensation requirements.
(d)
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact the Phase-In Overtime
for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016 to provide any person employed in an agricultural occupation in California, as defined in Order No. 14-2001 of the Industrial Welfare Commission (revised 07-2014) with an opportunity to earn overtime compensation under the same standards as millions of other Californians.
Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 859. Section 859.
For purposes of this chapter, “employed in an agricultural occupation” has the same meaning as in Order No.14-2001 of the Industrial Welfare Commission (revised 07-2014).
Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 860. Section 860.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 500):
(a)
(1)
Commencing January 1, 2019, except as provided in paragraph (2), any person employed in an agricultural occupation shall not be employed more than nine and one-half hours in any one workday or work in excess of 55 hours in any one workweek, unless the employee receives one and one-half
times that employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over nine and one-half hours in any workday or over 55 hours in any workweek.
(2)
This subdivision shall apply to an employer who employs 25 or fewer employees commencing January 1, 2022.
(b)
(1)
Commencing January 1, 2020, except as provided in paragraph (2), any person employed in an agricultural occupation shall not be employed more than
nine hours in any one workday or work in excess of 50 hours in any one workweek, unless the employee receives one and one-half times that employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over nine hours in any workday or over 50 hours in any workweek.
(2)
This subdivision shall apply to an employer who employs 25 or fewer employees commencing January 1, 2023.
(c)
(1)
Commencing January 1, 2021, except as provided in
paragraph (2), any person employed in an agricultural occupation shall not be employed more than eight and one-half hours in any one workday or work in excess of 45 hours in any one workweek, unless the employee receives one and one-half times that employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over eight and one-half hours in any workday or over 45 hours in any workweek.
(2)
This subdivision shall apply to an employer who employs 25 or fewer employees commencing January 1, 2024.
(d)
(1)
Commencing January 1, 2022,
except as provided in paragraph (2), any person employed in an agricultural occupation shall not be employed more than eight hours in any one workday or work in excess of 40 hours in any one workweek, unless the employee receives one and one-half times that employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over eight hours in any workday or over 40 hours in any workweek.
(2)
This subdivision shall apply to an employer who employs 25 or fewer employees commencing January 1, 2025.
Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 861. Section 861.
Except as set forth in Section 860 and subdivision (a) of Section 862, all other provisions of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 500) regarding compensation for overtime work shall apply to workers in an agricultural occupation commencing January 1, 2017.
Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 862. Section 862.
(a)
Beginning January 1, 2022, except as provided in subdivision (c), and consistent with Section 510, any work performed by a person, employed in an agricultural occupation, in excess of 12 hours in one day shall be compensated at the rate of no less than twice the employee’s regular rate of pay.
(b)
Consistent with Section 861, notwithstanding subdivision (a) or Section 863, the other provisions of Section 510 shall be applicable to workers in an agricultural occupation commencing January 1, 2019.
(c)
Subdivision (a) shall apply to an employer who employs 25 or fewer employees commencing January 1, 2025.
Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 863. Section 863.
(a)
Notwithstanding Section 860 or 862, the Governor may temporarily suspend scheduled phase in of the overtime requirements set forth in Section 860, or subdivision (a) of Section 862 only if the Governor suspends scheduled minimum wage increases pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of, and subparagraph (B) of, paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 1182.12.
(b)
If the Governor makes a final determination to temporarily suspend scheduled phase in of the overtime requirements set
forth in Section 860 or subdivision (a) of Section 862 for the following year, all implementation dates applicable to Section 860 and subdivision (a) of Section 862 that are suspended subsequent to the September 1 final determination date, consistent with clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of, and subparagraph (B) of, paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 1182.12, shall be postponed by an additional year, but the full implementation of the overtime requirements set forth in Section 860 or subdivision (a) of Section 862 shall in no event be later than January 1, 2022. The Governor’s temporary suspension under this section shall be by proclamation.
(c)
The Governor’s authority to suspend the scheduled overtime requirements under this section shall end upon the phase in of the overtime requirements contained in subdivision (d) of Section
860, the phase in of the overtime requirements contained in subdivision (c) of Section 862, or January 1, 2025, whichever occurs first.
Cal. Labor Code - LAB § 864. Section 864.
The Department of Industrial Relations shall update Wage Order No. 14-2001 to be consistent with this chapter, except that any existing provision in Wage Order 14-2001 providing greater protections or benefits to agricultural employees shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding any provision of this chapter.
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