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# Overtime Pay Tax Credit for Farm Workers Proposed in Calif.
- URL: https://bevnews.net/overtime-pay-tax-credit-for-farm-workers-proposed-in-calif/
- Published: 2026-02-14T16:10:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-14T16:10:14.000Z
- Author: Donna Whitaker

If film workers get a tax credit for working overtime, why not employers of ag workers?

That’s the logic behind a bill pending in the California Legislature that would create a payroll tax credit for agricultural employers who pay overtime wages to their employees. Under the bill, employers would be reimbursed dollar-for-dollar for 100% of overtime wages paid.

A similar bill last year was defeated on a party-line vote in its first committee hearing.This year’s legislation has bipartisan support with both Democratic and Republican senators co-authoring the bill. Last year, while rejecting a similar tax credit for agricultural employers, the legislature passed a $420 million increase in the Film Tax Credit.