California: Overtime

Does California’s AB 1066 law, which mandates overtime pay at 1.5 times the usual wage for farm workers after eight hours of work in a day or 40 hours in a week, increase or decrease the hours worked and earnings of farm workers? There were no studies of the likely effects of AB 1066 on worker hours and earnings before AB 1066 was implemented in 2019. Three types of workers who typically work long hours were expected to be most affected: dairy and other animal workers, equipment operators and irrigators...