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As California advances new disaster protections for farmworkers, employers fear more lawsuits to come

06/08/22 8:07 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS farmworkers inhale smoke from wildfires labor advocates call for worker protections mass shootings in California PAGA reforms after SCOTUS decision protecting workers during a disaster tornado strikes an Amazon warehouse
The state Senate has approved a measure that would allow workers to flee the jobsite during natural disasters or mass shootings.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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