PRINTER'S NO. 1026
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1029
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY JOZWIAK, PICKETT, FLICK, GLEIM, ECKER, ZIMMERMAN
AND LEADBETER, APRIL 25, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 25, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 23, 1978 (P.L.537, No.93), entitled "An
act establishing minimum wages and providing for hours of
labor of seasonal farm workers and requiring certain records;
providing for inspection of seasonal farm labor camps;
providing for the promulgation of rules and regulations;
establishing rights of access and egress, providing
penalties; and repealing certain acts," in wages and hours,
further providing for hours of labor.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 207(a) and (b) of the act of June 23,
1978 (P.L.537, No.93), known as the Seasonal Farm Labor Act, are
amended to read:
Section 207. Hours of labor.
(a) No seasonal farm worker shall be required to work or be
penalized for failure to work on any premises for more than six
days in any one week, or more than [48] 60 hours in any one
week, or more than [ten] 12 hours in any one day.
(b) Whenever any seasonal farm workers shall be employed or
permitted to work on the premises of more than one employer in
any one week or in any one day, the aggregate number of hours
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during which he shall be required to work on all such premises
shall not exceed [48] 60 in any one week or [ten] 12 in any one
day.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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