![]() Some proprietors of family farms say a 40-hour overtime threshold would make it harder to diversify the industry because it could reduce the number of employees they could hire or shut down their business altogether. Previously, farm workers had not been entitled to any overtime in state labor law. 15 and decide by the end of year whether to maintain the current 60-hour workweek, which went into effect in 2020 following decades of advocacy to establish an overtime threshold. But it is clear that farm industry groups believe it should not be a reason to change longstanding pay practices. It remains unclear how, if at all, the quietly released state report will factor into an upcoming decision on whether farm workers, like employees in other industries, should have a 40-hour workweek.
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