Since 2023, an Oregon law has required farmers to begin paying their workers overtime. At least some farms are doing everything they can to avoid giving those hours.
ALBANY, Ore. — In 2022, the Oregon Legislature passed a landmark bill requiring overtime pay for farm workers. It gave employers a gradual ramp-up, so they won’t be paying overtime after a 40-hour week until 2027. But since the beginning of last year, farms have needed to pay time and a half when workers exceed 55 hours.
On a sweltering day in early July, the temperatures on a 12-acre blueberry farm just north of Albany had reached 85
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