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Employment Rights As a farmworker, you have many legal protections. Minimum wage: Adult farmworkers must be paid at least $5.15 per hour. Even if you are paid piece rate (for example, by the box or pound), your wages still must be at least $5.15 per hour for all of the hours that you work each week. (Children under 18 working on some small farms do not have to be paid minimum wage). You must be paid on time: You must be paid at least once a week within two days after the end of the workweek. Each worker must be paid with a separate paycheck -- even children. If you quit your job, you must be paid within three days. If you are fired, you must be paid within one working day. Write down your hours! You can protect yourself by writing down the hours that each member of the family works every day. At the end of each work day, write down the time that each worker (yourself, your spouse and your children, if any) began working and the time each person quit working for the day, as well as lunch and break times. If there is ever a dispute about the wages owed, an accurate record of hours worked will help prove your case. Taxes: Your boss must deduct taxes from your pay. Your boss cannot take any other money out of your pay unless you agree in writing each pay day. Child labor: Children must be at least 12 years old to do field work. They must be at least 16 to do dangerous work, like working with machinery. Children under 16 cannot work during school hours. Record of hours: On larger farms, your boss must keep a record of the number of hours you work each week, the amount you earn, the amount taken out of your pay, and the number of pieces you picked (if you are paid by the piece). The employer must keep separate records for each worker. If you are injured: If you are hurt on the job, tell your boss right away. If you need medical care or miss more than one week of work because of an injury on the job, your boss's insurance company must pay for medical bills and lost wages. Field toilets and water: Your boss must provide drinking water, toilets, and a place for you to wash your hands close to the field where you work. Pesticides: In farm labor you run the risk of frequent contact and exposure to pesticides. If you have frequent contact with pesticides and begin to feel discomfort such as dizziness, nausea, vomiting, or rashes, consult with a physician as soon as possible. Spraying people with pesticides is against the law and should be reported immediately to the Farmworker Legal Services! The law requires farmers to warn workers whenever they are going to work in a field that has been sprayed. If you have questions call or visit an office of Farmworker Legal Services. This article appears courtesy of Farmworker Legal Services

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A brief guide to employment rights and important precautions for farm workers.