29 C.F.R. § 780.607 ''primarily Employed'' In Agriculture

• Library: Code of Federal Regulations
• Edition: 2022 Edition
• Currency: Current through December 31, 2022

Not only must the employee be employed in agriculture, but he must be "primarily" so employed during the particular workweek or weeks in which the 13(b)(13) exemption is to be applied. The word "primarily" may be considered to mean chiefly or principally ( Agnew v. Board of Governors, 153 F. 2d 785). This interpretation is consistent with the view, expressed by the sponsor of the exemption at the time of its adoption on the floor of the Senate (107 Cong. Rec. (daily ed., April 19, 1961), p. 5879), that...