SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 151 of the General Laws shall be amended:-
Strike the definition of “Agricultural and farm work” from Section 2 of Chapter 151 of the General Laws and replace it with:-
“Agricultural and farm work as defined in Section 1A of Chapter 128 of the General Laws”
SECTION 2. Section 2A of Chapter 151 of the General Laws shall be amended by adding at the end:-
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph regarding a basic minimum wage for agricultural and farm workers, agricultural and farm workers, as defined in Section 1A of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, shall be exempted from the provisions of Section 1A of Chapter 151 of the General Laws.
SECTION 3. Section 1A, subsection (19) of Chapter 151 of the General Laws shall be amended as follows:-
Strike the words “on a farm” and add to the end of subsection (19) “as per Section 1A of Chapter 128 of the General Laws.”
So that the section shall read:-
“(19) as a laborer engaged in agriculture and farming as per Section 1A of Chapter 128 of the General Laws.”
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