Robinson Erin, Nguyen Ha T, Isom Scott, Quandt Sara A, Grzywacz Joseph G, Chen Haiying, Arcury Thomas A
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
New Solut. 2011;21(2):251-68. doi: 10.2190/NS.21.2.h.
Farmworkers have the potential to receive wages that fail to meet minimum wage standards. This analysis describes wages and minimum wage violations among farmworkers, and it determines associations of wage violations with personal characteristics and pesticide safety regulation violations. Data are from a cross-sectional survey of 300 eastern North Carolina farmworkers conducted in June through August, 2009. Most farmworkers (90.0%) were paid by the hour, but 11.7 percent received piece-rate pay. Wage violations were prevalent among farmworkers: 18.3 percent of all farmworkers, 45.3 percent of farmworkers without H-2A visas, and 3.6 percent of farmworkers with H-2A visas experienced wage violations. Most farmworkers experienced numerous pesticide safety violations. Personal characteristics were not associated with wage violations among farmworkers without H-2A visas, but some pesticide safety violations were associated with wage violations. The association of violations indicates that some growers generally violate regulations. Greater enforcement of all regulations is needed.
农场工人有可能获得低于最低工资标准的工资。本分析描述了农场工人的工资情况和最低工资违规情况，并确定了工资违规与个人特征以及农药安全法规违规之间的关联。数据来自2009年6月至8月对北卡罗来纳州东部300名农场工人进行的横断面调查。大多数农场工人（90.0%）按小时计酬，但11.7%的人按件计酬。工资违规在农场工人中很普遍：所有农场工人中有18.3%、没有H-2A签证的农场工人中有45.3%以及有H-2A签证的农场工人中有3.6%经历过工资违规。大多数农场工人经历过多次农药安全违规。个人特征与没有H-2A签证的农场工人的工资违规无关，但一些农药安全违规与工资违规有关。违规之间的关联表明，一些种植者普遍违反规定。需要加强对所有法规的执行力度。
