Overtime bill hits a dead end in WA Legislature
Senate Bill 5476 faces defeat in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce, missing the Feb. 5, 2024 deadline for approval. Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, said she was disappointed that the bill would not provide farmers with flexibility.
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OLYMPIA — Senate Bill 5476 which aimed to provide agricultural employers with the flexibility to schedule up to 12 weeks of 50-hour of “special circumstance” workweeks without triggering overtime pay requirements met its end in the Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce.
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