Farm employees entitled to overtime

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March 28, 2019

By Pat Murphy
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
March 21, 2019

The exemption from the state overtime requirement for agricultural work does not apply to employees at a hydroponic farm whose duties were limited to preparing harvested bean sprouts for market, a unanimous Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The defendant employer, Chang & Sons Enterprises, argued that the exemption for agricultural and farming work under Massachusetts’ overtime ... READ MORE