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Title 29: Labor
Subtitle B: Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued)
CHAPTER V: WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SUBCHAPTER B: STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR INTERPRETATION NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO REGULATIONS
PART 780: EXEMPTIONS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURE, PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AND RELATED SUBJECTS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
Subpart E: Employment in Agriculture or Irrigation That Is Exempted From the Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(b)(12)
: The Irrigation Exemption
780.409 - Employment ?in connection with the operation or maintenance? is exempt.
The irrigation exemption provided by section 13(b)(12) applies to ?any employee employed * * * in connection with the operation or maintenance of ditches, canals, reservoirs, or waterways? of an irrigation system which qualifies for the exemption. The employee, to be exempt, must be employed ?in connection with the operation or maintenance? of the named facilities; other employees of the irrigation system, not employed in connection with the named activities, are not exempt. The exemption may apply to employees engaged in insect, rodent, and weed control along the canals and waterways of the irrigation system.
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