Farm workers in California are waiting for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a bill to dramatically change the state of California’s overtime pay laws for farmers.

Currently, farmers in California receive overtime pay only if they work over ten hours a day or over sixty hours a week.  The traditional overtime regulations for other occupations give workers time-and-a-half, or overtime pay, if they work over eight hours a day or forty hours a week.

State Senator Dean Florez introduced Senate Bill 1121 to change the overtime law for farm workers so that they could receive the traditional overtime pay of over eight hours a day or forty hours a week.  The bill has already been passed by the California senate and now only needs a signature from Governor Schwarzenegger.

If you or someone you know is not receiving the overtime pay they deserve, contact the Fair Labor Standards Act lawyers of Tycko & Zavareei LLC at 202-973-0900 to learn more about your rights.