New wage rules, immigration policies might hurt farmers

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New wage rules, immigration policies might hurt farmers

By Marissa Nall / Friday, January 6th, 2017 / Comments Off on New wage rules, immigration policies might hurt farmers

Growers such as Limoneira could be hit hard by new federal policies in 2017. Federal policies taking shape in 2017 could amplify the effects of new wage requirements for the Central Coast agriculture industry. Statewide overtime rules that begin to phase in Jan. 1, 2019 could be compounded by restrictive immigration policies, said Trevor Large,…

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