Back Pay Lawsuit Pt 2 Friday Jan 29th, 2021 With today’s Fruit Grower Report, I’m Bob Larson. A pair of Washington state bills could help protect farmers from being required to pay workers for three years of overtime pay retroactively. This, after the November ruling by the Washington Supreme Court removing the overtime exemption for agriculture. Douglas County tree fruit grower, April Clayton says it would kill her industry … CLAYTON … “I’d say retroactively, three years overtime will be the nail in the coffin that ruins the apple industry in Washington state. You know, we followed the law. We shouldn’t be penalized for following the law. I strongly support this bill.”