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A01172 Summary:
| BILL NO | A01172B |
| SAME AS | No same as |
| SPONSOR | Nolan (MS) |
| COSPNSR | Boyland, Zebrowski, Schroeder |
| MLTSPNSR | Pheffer |
| Amd SS701, 161, 160, 220, 511, 564, 651 & 674, add S163-a, Lab L; amd S225, Pub Health L, amd SS3, 51, 120 & 201, add S110-b, Work Comp L | |
| Enacts the farmworkers fair labor practices act: grants collective bargaining rights to farm laborers; requires employers of farm laborers to allow at least 24 consecutive hours of rest each week; provides for an 8 hour work day for farm laborers; requires overtime rate at one and one-half times normal rate; makes provisions of unemployment insurance law applicable to farm laborers; defines "work agreement" and mandates use thereof; provides sanitary code shall apply to all farm and food processing labor camps intended to house migrant workers, regardless of the number of occupants; provides for eligibility of farm laborers for workers' compensation benefits; requires employers of farm laborers to provide such farm laborers with claim forms for workers' compensation claims under certain conditions; requires reporting of injuries to employers of farmworkers. | |