You have to wonder if any thinking goes on in the Bee editorial department when they decide to write things like this. Farmworker OT bill not necessary While this bill supposedly levels the playing field with other hourly wage earners, there are millions of Californians working longer than eight hours a day. They are in professional, management and creative jobs, or in outside sales. These types of jobs are exempt from the state’s overtime laws. Many employees covered by collective bargaining contracts also work longer days. While harvesting crops can be hot work, many of the harshest conditions have been improved — through state regulations. We’ve supported most of those new regulations. But we don’t support SB 1121 because: |
