S.1075

The Farm Labor Equality Act provides farmworkers with rights and protections similar to those provided to other workers.

The Farm Labor Equality Act modifies a number of labor laws to provide farmworkers with rights and protections equal to the rights and protections provided to other workers, specifically in the areas of child labor, overtime pay, employee representation and collective bargaining, and unemployment benefits. The bill raises the minimum age that minors may work in agriculture from 12 years old to 14 years old, reduces the number of hours per day that a minor may work in agriculture from 10 to 8 hours, and clarifies that various limits to work time that apply to most minors also apply to minors.