On September 12th, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill to allow agricultural workers overtime pay after eight hours. The previous law necessitated overtime pay for employees working over 10 hours per day. The United Farm Workers Union hopes that this new precedent set by California will push other states to do the same. Opponents to the legislation have voiced concern that employers will hire more workers for fewer hours in order to avoid the new expense.
See "In Historic Move, Gov. Jerry Brown expands overtime pay for California farmworkers", by Jazmine Ulloa and John Myers, The Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2016