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Protect Local Farms Act

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 by Rep. Claudia Tenney

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Latest action · Jan 7, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

What it does

This bill provides that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) preempts any state law that establishes a maximum workweek (i.e., the maximum number of hours an employee is permitted to work without receiving overtime pay) of less than 60 hours for agricultural employees.

Under the FLSA, agricultural employees are generally exempt from federal overtime requirements. However, federal overtime requirements currently do not preempt state laws that provide greater protections to employees.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

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