Agricultural workers: wages, hours, and working conditions: definitions.

The Phase-In Overtime for Agricultural Workers Act of 2016 establishes a schedule that phases in overtime requirements for persons employed in an agricultural occupation over the course of 4 years, from 2019 to 2022, inclusive. The act, beginning January 1, 2022, requires that any work performed by a person employed in an agricultural occupation in excess of 12 hours per day be compensated at a rate of no less than twice the employee's regular rate of pay. The act provides an additional 3 years to comply with these requirements for employers who employ 25 or fewer employees. The act defines the term "employed in an agricultural occupation" for these purposes by reference to a specified order of the Industrial Welfare Commission. This bill would instead set forth a list of occupations in which a person is deemed to be "employed in an agricultural occupation" for purposes of the act.