Title 29

PART 780

Part 780 - Exemptions Applicable To Agriculture, Processing Of Agricultural Commodities, And Related Subjects Under The Fair Labor Standards Act

PART 780 - EXEMPTIONS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURE, PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AND RELATED SUBJECTS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT Authority:Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 75 Stat. 65; 29 U.S.C. 201-219. Pub. L. 105-78, 111 Stat. 1467. Source:37 FR 12084, June 17, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

29:3.1.1.2.41.1SUBPART A
Subpart A - Introductory
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.1SECTION 780.0
   780.0 Purpose of interpretative bulletins in this part.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.2SECTION 780.1
   780.1 General scope of the Act.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.3SECTION 780.2
   780.2 Exemptions from Act's requirements.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.4SECTION 780.3
   780.3 Exemptions discussed in this part.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.5SECTION 780.4
   780.4 Matters not discussed in this part.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.6SECTION 780.5
   780.5 Significance of official interpretations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.7SECTION 780.6
   780.6 Basic support for interpretations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.8SECTION 780.7
   780.7 Reliance on interpretations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.9SECTION 780.8
   780.8 Interpretations made, continued, and superseded by this part.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.10SECTION 780.9
   780.9 Related exemptions are interpreted together.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.11SECTION 780.10
   780.10 Workweek standard in applying exemptions.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.12SECTION 780.11
   780.11 Exempt and nonexempt work during the same workweek.
29:3.1.1.2.41.1.355.13SECTION 780.12
   780.12 Work exempt under another section of the Act.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2SUBPART B
Subpart B - General Scope of Agriculture
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.355SUBJGRP 355
   Introductory
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.355.1SECTION 780.100
   780.100 Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.355.2SECTION 780.101
   780.101 Matters discussed in this subpart.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.355.3SECTION 780.102
   780.102 Pay requirements for agricultural employees.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.355.4SECTION 780.103
   780.103 “Agriculture” as defined by the Act.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.355.5SECTION 780.104
   780.104 How modern specialization affects the scope of agriculture.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.355.6SECTION 780.105
   780.105 “Primary” and “secondary” agriculture under section 3(f).
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.356SUBJGRP 356
   Exemption for “Primary” Agriculture Generally
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.356.7SECTION 780.106
   780.106 Employment in “primary” agriculture is farming regardless of why or where work is performed.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.357SUBJGRP 357
   Farming in All Its Branches
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.357.8SECTION 780.107
   780.107 Scope of the statutory term.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.357.9SECTION 780.108
   780.108 Listed activities.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.357.10SECTION 780.109
   780.109 Determination of whether unlisted activities are “farming.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.358SUBJGRP 358
   Cultivation and Tillage of the Soil
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.358.11SECTION 780.110
   780.110 Operations included in “cultivation and tillage of the soil.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.359SUBJGRP 359
   Dairying
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.359.12SECTION 780.111
   780.111 “Dairying” as a farming operation.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.360SUBJGRP 360
   Agricultural or Horticultural Commodities
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.360.13SECTION 780.112
   780.112 General meaning of “agriculture or horticultural commodities.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.360.14SECTION 780.113
   780.113 Seeds, spawn, etc.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.360.15SECTION 780.114
   780.114 Wild commodities.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.360.16SECTION 780.115
   780.115 Forest products.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.360.17SECTION 780.116
   780.116 Commodities included by reference to the Agricultural Marketing Act.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.361SUBJGRP 361
   “Production, Cultivation, Growing, and Harvesting” of Commodities
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.361.18SECTION 780.117
   780.117 “Production, cultivation, growing.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.361.19SECTION 780.118
   780.118 “Harvesting.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.362SUBJGRP 362
   Raising of Livestock, Bees, Fur-bearing Animals, or Poultry
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.362.20SECTION 780.119
   780.119 Employment in the specified operations generally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.362.21SECTION 780.120
   780.120 Raising of “livestock.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.362.22SECTION 780.121
   780.121 What constitutes “raising” of livestock.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.362.23SECTION 780.122
   780.122 Activities relating to race horses.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.362.24SECTION 780.123
   780.123 Raising of bees.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.362.25SECTION 780.124
   780.124 Raising of fur-bearing animals.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.362.26SECTION 780.125
   780.125 Raising of poultry in general.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.362.27SECTION 780.126
   780.126 Contract arrangements for raising poultry.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.362.28SECTION 780.127
   780.127 Hatchery operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.363SUBJGRP 363
   Practices Exempt Under “Secondary” Meaning of Agriculture Generally
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.363.29SECTION 780.128
   780.128 General statement on “secondary” agriculture.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.363.30SECTION 780.129
   780.129 Required relationship of practices to farming operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.364SUBJGRP 364
   Practices Performed “By a Farmer”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.364.31SECTION 780.130
   780.130 Performance “by a farmer” generally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.364.32SECTION 780.131
   780.131 Operations which constitute one a “farmer.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.364.33SECTION 780.132
   780.132 Operations must be performed “by” a farmer.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.364.34SECTION 780.133
   780.133 Farmers' cooperative as a “farmer.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.365SUBJGRP 365
   Practices Performed “On a Farm”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.365.35SECTION 780.134
   780.134 Performance “on a farm” generally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.365.36SECTION 780.135
   780.135 Meaning of “farm.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.365.37SECTION 780.136
   780.136 Employment in practices on a farm.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.366SUBJGRP 366
   “Such Farming Operation” - of the Farmer
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.366.38SECTION 780.137
   780.137 Practices must be performed in connection with farmer's own farming.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.366.39SECTION 780.138
   780.138 Application of the general principles.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.366.40SECTION 780.139
   780.139 Pea vining.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.366.41SECTION 780.140
   780.140 Place of performing the practice as a factor.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.367SUBJGRP 367
   “Such Farming Operations” - On the Farm
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.367.42SECTION 780.141
   780.141 Practices must relate to farming operations on the particular farm.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.367.43SECTION 780.142
   780.142 Practices on a farm not related to farming operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.367.44SECTION 780.143
   780.143 Practices on a farm not performed for the farmer.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.368SUBJGRP 368
   Performance of the Practice “As an Incident To or In Conjunction With” the Farming Operations
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.368.45SECTION 780.144
   780.144 “As an incident to or in conjunction with” the farming operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.368.46SECTION 780.145
   780.145 The relationship is determined by consideration of all relevant factors.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.368.47SECTION 780.146
   780.146 Importance of relationship of the practice to farming generally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.368.48SECTION 780.147
   780.147 Practices performed on farm products - special factors considered.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.369SUBJGRP 369
   Practices Included When Performed as Provided in Section 3(f)
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.369.49SECTION 780.148
   780.148 “Any” practices meeting the requirements will qualify for exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.369.50SECTION 780.149
   780.149 Named practices as well as others must meet the requirements.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.370SUBJGRP 370
   Preparation for Market
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.370.51SECTION 780.150
   780.150 Scope and limits of “preparation for market.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.370.52SECTION 780.151
   780.151 Particular operations on commodities.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.371SUBJGRP 371
   Specified Delivery Operations
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.371.53SECTION 780.152
   780.152 General scope of specified delivery operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.371.54SECTION 780.153
   780.153 Delivery “to storage.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.371.55SECTION 780.154
   780.154 Delivery “to market.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.371.56SECTION 780.155
   780.155 Delivery “to carriers for transportation to market.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.372SUBJGRP 372
   Transportation Operations Not Mentioned in Section 3(f)
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.372.57SECTION 780.156
   780.156 Transportation of farm products from the fields or farm.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.372.58SECTION 780.157
   780.157 Other transportation incident to farming.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.373SUBJGRP 373
   Other Unlisted Practices Which May Be Within Section 3(f)
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.373.59SECTION 780.158
   780.158 Examples of other practices within section 3(f) if requirements are met.
29:3.1.1.2.41.2.373.60SECTION 780.159
   780.159 Forest products.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3SUBPART C
Subpart C - Agriculture as It Relates to Specific Situations
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.374SUBJGRP 374
   Forestry or Lumbering Operations
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.374.1SECTION 780.200
   780.200 Inclusion of forestry or lumbering operations in agriculture is limited.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.374.2SECTION 780.201
   780.201 Meaning of “forestry or lumbering operations.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.374.3SECTION 780.202
   780.202 Subordination to farming operations is necessary for exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.374.4SECTION 780.203
   780.203 Performance of operations on a farm but not by the farmer.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.374.5SECTION 780.204
   780.204 Number of employees engaged in operations not material.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.375SUBJGRP 375
   Nursery and Landscaping Operations
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.375.6SECTION 780.205
   780.205 Nursery activities generally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.375.7SECTION 780.206
   780.206 Planting and lawn mowing.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.375.8SECTION 780.207
   780.207 Operations with respect to wild plants.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.375.9SECTION 780.208
   780.208 Forest and Christmas tree activities.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.375.10SECTION 780.209
   780.209 Packing, storage, warehousing, and sale of nursery products.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.376SUBJGRP 376
   Hatchery Operations
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.376.11SECTION 780.210
   780.210 The typical hatchery operations constitute “agriculture.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.376.12SECTION 780.211
   780.211 Contract production of hatching eggs.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.376.13SECTION 780.212
   780.212 Hatchery employees working on farms.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.376.14SECTION 780.213
   780.213 Produce business.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.376.15SECTION 780.214
   780.214 Feed sales and other activities.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.376.16SECTION 780.215
   780.215 Meaning of forestry or lumbering operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.376.17SECTION 780.216
   780.216 Nursery activities generally and Christmas tree production.
29:3.1.1.2.41.3.376.18SECTION 780.217
   780.217 Forestry activities.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4SUBPART D
Subpart D - Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(6)
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377SUBJGRP 377
   Statutory Provisions
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.1SECTION 780.300
   780.300 Statutory exemptions in section 13(a)(6).
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.2SECTION 780.301
   780.301 Other pertinent statutory provisions.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.3SECTION 780.302
   780.302 Basic conditions of section 13 (a)(6)(A).
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.4SECTION 780.303
   780.303 Exemption applicable on employee basis.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.5SECTION 780.304
   780.304 “Employed by an employer.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.6SECTION 780.305
   780.305 500 man-day provision.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.7SECTION 780.306
   780.306 Calendar quarter of the preceding calendar year defined.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.8SECTION 780.307
   780.307 Exemption for employer's immediate family.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.9SECTION 780.308
   780.308 Definition of immediate family.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.10SECTION 780.309
   780.309 Man-day exclusion.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.11SECTION 780.310
   780.310 Exemption for local hand harvest laborers.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.12SECTION 780.311
   780.311 Basic conditions of section 13(a)(6)(C).
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.13SECTION 780.312
   780.312 “Hand harvest laborer” defined.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.14SECTION 780.313
   780.313 Piece rate basis.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.15SECTION 780.314
   780.314 Operations customarily * * * paid on a piece rate basis * * *.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.16SECTION 780.315
   780.315 Local hand harvest laborers.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.17SECTION 780.316
   780.316 Thirteen week provision.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.18SECTION 780.317
   780.317 Man-day exclusion.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.19SECTION 780.318
   780.318 Exemption for nonlocal minors.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.20SECTION 780.319
   780.319 Basic conditions of exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.21SECTION 780.320
   780.320 Nonlocal minors.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.22SECTION 780.321
   780.321 Minors 16 years of age or under.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.23SECTION 780.322
   780.322 Is employed on the same farm as his parent or persons standing in the place of his parent.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.24SECTION 780.323
   780.323 Exemption for range production of livestock.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.25SECTION 780.324
   780.324 Requirements for the exemption to apply.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.26SECTION 780.325
   780.325 Principally engaged.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.27SECTION 780.326
   780.326 On the range.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.28SECTION 780.327
   780.327 Production of livestock.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.29SECTION 780.328
   780.328 Meaning of livestock.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.30SECTION 780.329
   780.329 Exempt work.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.31SECTION 780.330
   780.330 Sharecroppers and tenant farmers.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.32SECTION 780.331
   780.331 Crew leaders and labor contractors.
29:3.1.1.2.41.4.377.33SECTION 780.332
   780.332 Exchange of labor between farmers.
29:3.1.1.2.41.5SUBPART E
Subpart E - Employment in Agriculture or Irrigation That Is Exempted From the Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(b)(12)
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378SUBJGRP 378
   The Irrigation Exemption
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378.1SECTION 780.400
   780.400 Statutory provisions.
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378.2SECTION 780.401
   780.401 General explanatory statement.
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378.3SECTION 780.402
   780.402 The general guides for applying the exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378.4SECTION 780.403
   780.403 Employee basis of exemption under section 13(b)(12).
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378.5SECTION 780.404
   780.404 Activities of the employer considered in some situations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378.6SECTION 780.405
   780.405 Exemption is direct and does not mean activities are agriculture.
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378.7SECTION 780.406
   780.406 Exemption is from overtime only.
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378.8SECTION 780.407
   780.407 System must be nonprofit or operated on a share-crop basis.
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378.9SECTION 780.408
   780.408 Facilities of system at least 90 percent of which was used for agricultural purposes.
29:3.1.1.2.41.5.378.10SECTION 780.409
   780.409 Employment “in connection with the operation or maintenance” is exempt.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6SUBPART F
Subpart F - Employment or Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(14)
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.379SUBJGRP 379
   Introductory
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.379.1SECTION 780.500
   780.500 Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.379.2SECTION 780.501
   780.501 Statutory provision.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.379.3SECTION 780.502
   780.502 Legislative history of exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.379.4SECTION 780.503
   780.503 What determines the application of the exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.380SUBJGRP 380
   Requirements for Exemption
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.380.5SECTION 780.504
   780.504 Basic conditions of exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381SUBJGRP 381
   Shade-Grown Tobacco
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381.6SECTION 780.505
   780.505 Definition of “shade-grown tobacco.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381.7SECTION 780.506
   780.506 Dependence of exemption on shade-grown tobacco operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381.8SECTION 780.507
   780.507 “Such tobacco.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381.9SECTION 780.508
   780.508 Application of the exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381.10SECTION 780.509
   780.509 Agriculture.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381.11SECTION 780.510
   780.510 “Any agricultural employee.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381.12SECTION 780.511
   780.511 Meaning of “agricultural employee.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381.13SECTION 780.512
   780.512 “Employed in the growing and harvesting.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381.14SECTION 780.513
   780.513 What employment in growing and harvesting is sufficient.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.381.15SECTION 780.514
   780.514 “Growing” and “harvesting.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.382SUBJGRP 382
   Exempt Processing
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.382.16SECTION 780.515
   780.515 Processing requirements of section 13(a)(14).
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.382.17SECTION 780.516
   780.516 “Prior to the stemming process.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.382.18SECTION 780.517
   780.517 “For use as Cigar-wrapper tobacco.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.382.19SECTION 780.518
   780.518 Exempt processing operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.382.20SECTION 780.519
   780.519 General scope of exempt operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.382.21SECTION 780.520
   780.520 Particular operations which may be exempt.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.382.22SECTION 780.521
   780.521 Other processing operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.6.382.23SECTION 780.522
   780.522 Nonprocessing employees.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7SUBPART G
Subpart G - Employment in Agriculture and Livestock Auction Operations Under the Section 13(b)(13) Exemption
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.383SUBJGRP 383
   Introductory
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.383.1SECTION 780.600
   780.600 Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.383.2SECTION 780.601
   780.601 Statutory provision.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.383.3SECTION 780.602
   780.602 General explanatory statement.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384SUBJGRP 384
   Requirements for Exemption
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.4SECTION 780.603
   780.603 What determines application of exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.5SECTION 780.604
   780.604 General requirements.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.6SECTION 780.605
   780.605 Employment in agriculture.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.7SECTION 780.606
   780.606 Interpretation of term “agriculture.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.8SECTION 780.607
   780.607 “Primarily employed” in agriculture.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.9SECTION 780.608
   780.608 “During his workweek.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.10SECTION 780.609
   780.609 Workweek unit in applying the exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.11SECTION 780.610
   780.610 Workweek exclusively in exempt work.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.12SECTION 780.611
   780.611 Workweek exclusively in agriculture.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.13SECTION 780.612
   780.612 Employment by a “farmer.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.14SECTION 780.613
   780.613 “By such farmer.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.15SECTION 780.614
   780.614 Definition of a farmer.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.16SECTION 780.615
   780.615 Raising of livestock.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.17SECTION 780.616
   780.616 Operations included in raising livestock.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.18SECTION 780.617
   780.617 Adjunct livestock auction operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.19SECTION 780.618
   780.618 “His own account” - “in conjunction with other farmers.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.20SECTION 780.619
   780.619 Work “in connection with” livestock auction operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.384.21SECTION 780.620
   780.620 Minimum wage for livestock auction work.
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.385SUBJGRP 385
   Effect of Exemption
29:3.1.1.2.41.7.385.22SECTION 780.621
   780.621 No overtime wages in exempt week.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8SUBPART H
Subpart H - Employment by Small Country Elevators Within Area of Production; Exemption From Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(b)(14)
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.386SUBJGRP 386
   Introductory
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.386.1SECTION 780.700
   780.700 Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.386.2SECTION 780.701
   780.701 Statutory provision.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.386.3SECTION 780.702
   780.702 What determines application of the exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.386.4SECTION 780.703
   780.703 Basic requirements for exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.387SUBJGRP 387
   Establishment Commonly Recognized as a Country Elevator
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.387.5SECTION 780.704
   780.704 Dependence of exemption on nature of employing establishment.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.387.6SECTION 780.705
   780.705 Meaning of “establishment.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.387.7SECTION 780.706
   780.706 Recognition of character of establishment.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.387.8SECTION 780.707
   780.707 Establishments “commonly recognized” as country elevators.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.387.9SECTION 780.708
   780.708 A country elevator is located near and serves farmers.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.387.10SECTION 780.709
   780.709 Size and equipment of a country elevator.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.387.11SECTION 780.710
   780.710 A country elevator may sell products and services to farmers.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.387.12SECTION 780.711
   780.711 Exemption of mixed business applies only to country elevators.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.388SUBJGRP 388
   Employment of “No More Than Five Employees”
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.388.13SECTION 780.712
   780.712 Limitation of exemption to establishments with five or fewer employees.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.388.14SECTION 780.713
   780.713 Determining the number of employees generally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.388.15SECTION 780.714
   780.714 Employees employed “in such operations” to be counted.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.388.16SECTION 780.715
   780.715 Counting employees “employed in the establishment.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.389SUBJGRP 389
   Employees “Employed * * * By” The Country Elevator Establishment
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.389.17SECTION 780.716
   780.716 Exemption of employees “employed * * * by” the establishment.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.389.18SECTION 780.717
   780.717 Determining whether there is employment “by” the establishment.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.389.19SECTION 780.718
   780.718 Employees who may be exempt.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.389.20SECTION 780.719
   780.719 Employees not employed “by” the elevator establishment.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.390SUBJGRP 390
   Employment “Within the Area of Production”
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.390.21SECTION 780.720
   780.720 “Area of production” requirement of exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.391SUBJGRP 391
   Workweek Application of Exemption
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.391.22SECTION 780.721
   780.721 Employment in the particular workweek as test of exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.391.23SECTION 780.722
   780.722 Exempt workweeks.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.391.24SECTION 780.723
   780.723 Exempt and nonexempt employment.
29:3.1.1.2.41.8.391.25SECTION 780.724
   780.724 Work exempt under another section of the Act.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9SUBPART I
Subpart I - Employment in Ginning of Cotton and Processing of Sugar Beets, Sugar-Beet Molasses, Sugarcane, or Maple Sap into Sugar or Syrup; Exemption From Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(b)(15)
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.392SUBJGRP 392
   Introductory
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.392.1SECTION 780.800
   780.800 Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.392.2SECTION 780.801
   780.801 Statutory provisions.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.392.3SECTION 780.802
   780.802 What determines application of the exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.392.4SECTION 780.803
   780.803 Basic conditions of exemption; first part, ginning of cotton.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.393SUBJGRP 393
   Ginning of Cotton for Market
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.393.5SECTION 780.804
   780.804 “Ginning” of cotton.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.393.6SECTION 780.805
   780.805 Ginning of “cotton.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.393.7SECTION 780.806
   780.806 Exempt ginning limited to first processing.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.393.8SECTION 780.807
   780.807 Cotton must be ginned “for market.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.394SUBJGRP 394
   Employees “Engaged in” Ginning
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.394.9SECTION 780.808
   780.808 Who may qualify for the exemption generally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.394.10SECTION 780.809
   780.809 Employees engaged in exempt operations.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.394.11SECTION 780.810
   780.810 Employees not “engaged in” ginning.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.395SUBJGRP 395
   County Where Cotton Is Grown in Commercial Quantities
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.395.12SECTION 780.811
   780.811 Exemption dependent upon place of employment generally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.395.13SECTION 780.812
   780.812 “County.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.395.14SECTION 780.813
   780.813 “County where cotton is grown.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.395.15SECTION 780.814
   780.814 “Grown in commercial quantities.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.395.16SECTION 780.815
   780.815 Basic conditions of exemption; second part, processing of sugar beets, sugar-beet molasses, sugarcane, or maple sap.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.395.17SECTION 780.816
   780.816 Processing of specific commodities.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.395.18SECTION 780.817
   780.817 Employees engaged in processing.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.395.19SECTION 780.818
   780.818 Employees not engaged in processing.
29:3.1.1.2.41.9.395.20SECTION 780.819
   780.819 Production must be of unrefined sugar or syrup.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10SUBPART J
Subpart J - Employment in Fruit and Vegetable Harvest Transportation; Exemption From Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(b)(16)
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.396SUBJGRP 396
   Introductory
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.396.1SECTION 780.900
   780.900 Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.396.2SECTION 780.901
   780.901 Statutory provisions.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.396.3SECTION 780.902
   780.902 Legislative history of exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.396.4SECTION 780.903
   780.903 General scope of exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.396.5SECTION 780.904
   780.904 What determines the exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.396.6SECTION 780.905
   780.905 Employers who may claim exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397SUBJGRP 397
   Exempt Operations on Fruits or Vegetables
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.7SECTION 780.906
   780.906 Requisites for exemption generally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.8SECTION 780.907
   780.907 “Fruits or vegetables.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.9SECTION 780.908
   780.908 Relation of employee's work to specified transportation.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.10SECTION 780.909
   780.909 “Transportation.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.11SECTION 780.910
   780.910 Engagement in transportation and preparation.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.12SECTION 780.911
   780.911 Preparation for transportation.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.13SECTION 780.912
   780.912 Exempt preparation.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.14SECTION 780.913
   780.913 Nonexempt preparation.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.15SECTION 780.914
   780.914 “From the farm.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.16SECTION 780.915
   780.915 “Place of first processing.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.17SECTION 780.916
   780.916 “Place of * * * first marketing.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.397.18SECTION 780.917
   780.917 “Within the same State.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.398SUBJGRP 398
   Exempt Transportation of Fruit or Vegetable Harvest Employees
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.398.19SECTION 780.918
   780.918 Requisites for exemption generally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.398.20SECTION 780.919
   780.919 Engagement “in transportation” of harvest workers.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.398.21SECTION 780.920
   780.920 Workers transported must be fruit or vegetable harvest workers.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.398.22SECTION 780.921
   780.921 Persons “employed or to be employed” in fruit or vegetable harvesting.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.398.23SECTION 780.922
   780.922 “Harvesting” of fruits or vegetables.
29:3.1.1.2.41.10.398.24SECTION 780.923
   780.923 “Between the farm and any point within the same State.”
29:3.1.1.2.41.11SUBPART K
Subpart K - Employment of Home- workers in Making Wreaths; Exemption From Minimum Wage, Overtime Compensation, and Child Labor Provisions Under Section 13(d)
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.399SUBJGRP 399
   Introductory
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.399.1SECTION 780.1000
   780.1000 Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.399.2SECTION 780.1001
   780.1001 General explanatory statement.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400SUBJGRP 400
   Requirements for Exemption
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.3SECTION 780.1002
   780.1002 Statutory requirements.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.4SECTION 780.1003
   780.1003 What determines the application of the exemption.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.5SECTION 780.1004
   780.1004 General requirements.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.6SECTION 780.1005
   780.1005 Homeworkers.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.7SECTION 780.1006
   780.1006 In or about a home.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.8SECTION 780.1007
   780.1007 Exemption is inapplicable if wreath-making is not in or about a home.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.9SECTION 780.1008
   780.1008 Examples of places not considered homes.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.10SECTION 780.1009
   780.1009 Wreaths.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.11SECTION 780.1010
   780.1010 Principally.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.12SECTION 780.1011
   780.1011 Evergreens.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.13SECTION 780.1012
   780.1012 Other evergreens.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.14SECTION 780.1013
   780.1013 Natural evergreens.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.15SECTION 780.1014
   780.1014 Harvesting.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.16SECTION 780.1015
   780.1015 Other forest products.
29:3.1.1.2.41.11.400.17SECTION 780.1016
   780.1016 Use of evergreens and forest products.