Section 1156.4 Of Chapter 5. Labor Representatives And Elections From California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 3.5. >> Chapter 5.
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. Recognizing that agriculture is a seasonal occupation for a
majority of agricultural employees, and wishing to provide the
fullest scope for employees' enjoyment of the rights included in this
part, the board shall not consider a representation petition or a
petition to decertify as timely filed unless the employer's payroll
reflects 50 percent of the peak agricultural employment for such
employer for the current calendar year for the payroll period
immediately preceding the filing of the petition.
In this connection, the peak agricultural employment for the prior
season shall alone not be a basis for such determination, but rather
the board shall estimate peak employment on the basis of acreage and
crop statistics which shall be applied uniformly throughout the
State of California and upon all other relevant data.