When Border Patrol agents arrested eight migrant workers on a dairy farm in Berkshire, the entire dairy farming industry in Vermont felt the shockwaves.
Again, don’t talk about labor laws as if they were the same everywhere, even in the US there’s federal and state laws, in my case in Canada it’s federal and provincial laws and OT exists in the agricultural sector outside of harvest season in my province (which doesn’t apply to greenhouse work since it’s always harvest season, so no OT in that sector unless it’s not agricultural work you’re asked to do)…
If you read again and pay attention this time you’ll realize that I mentioned the US and gave a Canadian example of agricultural labor laws because the same logic applies, it’s not centralized in the federal government’s hands.
Yes, like trucking, agriculture is exempt from OT, not that some employers don’t choose to still pay it.
Again, don’t talk about labor laws as if they were the same everywhere, even in the US there’s federal and state laws, in my case in Canada it’s federal and provincial laws and OT exists in the agricultural sector outside of harvest season in my province (which doesn’t apply to greenhouse work since it’s always harvest season, so no OT in that sector unless it’s not agricultural work you’re asked to do)…
My bad, it’s federally exempt in the US. The map here is clickable and has state-by-state laws. https://www.farmworkerjustice.org/overtime-map/
This story isn’t about can Canadian jobs.
If you read again and pay attention this time you’ll realize that I mentioned the US and gave a Canadian example of agricultural labor laws because the same logic applies, it’s not centralized in the federal government’s hands.