Daniel says about 15% of farm workers are hired through labor contractors.

丹尼尔说，大约 15% 的农场工人是通过劳务承包商雇用的。

The farmer can't find workers and the farm labor contractor helps him find workers, for a fee, obviously.

农民找不到工人，农场劳务承包商帮他找工人，显然是收费的。

A wage and hour violation, like wage theft, for instance - and Daniel says farm labor contractors are some of the biggest violators of these laws in the agriculture industry.

例如，违反工资和工时规定，例如克扣工资，丹尼尔表示，农场劳工承包商是农业行业中违反这些法律的最大者之一。

Instead of being directly hired by a farmer, the farmer contracts with the farm labor contractor, who then goes out and finds workers who they send to the farms.

农民不是直接受雇于农民，而是与农场劳务承包商签订合同，然后农场劳务承包商出去寻找工人并派往农场。

What ends up happening is that the farm labor contractors become sort of a risk absorber for the employers, meaning that if a labor wage and hour violation occurs, the employer can say, I am at arm's length from that.

最终发生的情况是，农场劳务承包商成为雇主的风险吸收者，这意味着如果发生劳动工资和工时违规，雇主可以说，我对此保持一定距离。