Can agricultural employees work seven days in a week in California?

Labor Code sections 551 and 552 require employees to receive one day of rest in seven, unless one of the following exceptions applies:

• The work is performed to protect life or property from loss or destruction. (Labor Code section 554(a))
• When the nature of the employment reasonably requires that the employee work seven or more consecutive days, an employer may require its employees to work seven consecutive days, so long as each month the employees receive the equivalent of one day off in seven. (Labor Code section 554(a))
• Employers requiring their employees to work seven days a week based on one of the exceptions should document the specific circumstances or conditions for use of the exception, in the event a wage claim or other enforcement action is taken for violation of this standard.

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