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OLYMPIA — Exempting Washington farmers from paying overtime wages has a racist history and undoing its legacy won't be "easy or cheap," a Seat…
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Some moments lend themselves to hyperbole. That amazing fishing trip from seven years ago; the winning free throw at a high school basketball …
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Under House Bill 1076, private parties could pursue in court allegations that the Washington Department of Labor and Industries declined to investigate.
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Washington farm groups are asking state lawmakers to help agriculture employers fend off lawsuits that retroactively seek overtime pay for farmworkers.
Farmworker advocates are pushing for legislation and regulations that would require employers to monitor air quality and either suspend outdoor work or provide respirators if pollution levels exceed a certain threshold.
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OLYMPIA — The Washington Farm Bureau and other business groups warned Monday that two bills sponsored by Senate Democrats would create labor s…
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Washington agricultural employers face triple-digit tax increases to replenish the state's unemployment fund, drained by economy-wide layoffs and raided by a Nigerian fraud ring.
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LOS ANGELES — A coalition of California agricultural groups and business employers has filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court chall…
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A two-year freeze of the minimum wage for agricultural guestworkers and upcoming changes to H-2A rules could have a short shelf life in a Biden administration.
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A Washington task force has agreed on six recommendations to fill more farm jobs with U.S. workers and to oversee the treatment of foreign seasonal workers.