Agricultural Worker Service Providers Access Private Property

The bill repeals current state law provisions that, in part, govern agricultural workers' key service providers' access to private property. Current law states that an employer shall not interfere with an agricultural worker's reasonable access to key service providers (KSP) at any location when the worker is not performing compensable work and with respect to health-care providers at any time. The bill exempts an employer's property from this provision; except that the bill prohibits an employer from interfering with a worker's access to KSP through remote channels on the employer's property. The bill also removes language referring to health-care providers. Current law states that the division of labor standards and statistics (division) may adopt rules regarding additional times that an employer may not interfere with a worker's reasonable access to KSP. The bill clarifies that such rules must apply only to locations other than the employer's property. Lastly, the bill states the division shall not adopt rules that:

• Infringe upon an employer's private property rights; or
• Conflict with the common law rights of an individual to access private property in a time of emergency.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)

(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)