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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 G: Employment in Agriculture and Livestock Auction Operations Under the Section 13(b)(13) Exemption
: Requirements for Exemption
780.614 - Definition of a farmer.
The Act does not define the term ?farmer.? Whether an employer is a ?farmer? within the meaning of section 13(b)(13) must be determined by consideration of the particular facts, keeping in mind the purpose of the exemption. A full discussion of the meaning of the term ?farmer? as used in the Act's definition of agriculture is contained in ?? 780.130 through 780.133. Generally, as indicated in that discussion, a farmer under the Act is one who engages, as an occupation, in farming operations as a distinct activity for the purpose of producing a farm crop. A corporation or a farmers' cooperative may be a ?farmer? if engaged in actual farming of the nature and extent there indicated.
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