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The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) does not require that employees who are employed in agriculture receive the federal overtime payment of time and one-half their regular rates for hours worked more than 40 hours per week. However, states are free to enact their own regulations that mandate overtime requirements for agricultural workers. So far six states have taken that step and implemented their own requirements.
On February 1, 2022, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the creation of the Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) on Urban Agriculture. Section 12302 of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill) amended the Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 by adding a section entitled “Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production”. This amendment is codified at 7 U.S.C. § 6923.
By Michael T. Olexa, Jana Caracciolo, and Lauren Gran UF/IFAS Disaster victims must be cautious about employing strangers to remove trees and do repair work on their property. Every agreement and credit contract should be read carefully and evaluated before it is signed. Shoddy workmanship and price gouging are common in crises.
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