Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 29 : Section 1803


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1803. Applicability of chapter

      (a) The following persons are not subject to this chapter:
        (1) Family business exemption. - Any individual who engages in
      a farm labor contracting activity on behalf of a farm, processing
      establishment, seed conditioning establishment, cannery, gin,
      packing shed, or nursery, which is owned or operated exclusively
      by such individual or an immediate family member of such
      individual, if such activities are performed only for such
      operation and exclusively by such individual or an immediate
      family member, but without regard to whether such individual has
      incorporated or otherwise organized for business purposes.
        (2) Small business exemption. - Any person, other than a farm
      labor contractor, for whom the man-days exemption for
      agricultural labor provided under section 13(a)(6)(A) of the Fair
      Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(6)(A)) is
      applicable.
        (3) Other exemptions. - (A) Any common carrier which would be a
      farm labor contractor solely because the carrier is engaged in
      the farm labor contracting activity of transporting any migrant
      or seasonal agricultural worker.
        (B) Any labor organization, as defined in section 2(5) of the
      Labor Management Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(5)) (without regard
      to the exclusion of agricultural employees in that Act [29 U.S.C.
      141 et seq.]) or as defined under applicable State labor
      relations law.
        (C) Any nonprofit charitable organization or public or private
      nonprofit educational institution.
        (D) Any person who engages in any farm labor contracting
      activity solely within a twenty-five mile intrastate radius of
      such person's permanent place of residence and for not more than
      thirteen weeks per year.
        (E) Any custom combine, hay harvesting, or sheep shearing
      operation.
        (F) Any custom poultry harvesting, breeding, debeaking,
      desexing, or health service operation provided the employees of
      the operation are not regularly required to be away from their
      permanent place of residence other than during their normal
      working hours.
        (G)(i) Any person whose principal occupation or business is not
      agricultural employment, when supplying full-time students or
      other individuals whose principal occupation is not agricultural
      employment to detassel, rogue, or otherwise engage in the
      production of seed and to engage in related and incidental
      agricultural employment, unless such full-time students or other
      individuals are required to be away from their permanent place of
      residence overnight or there are individuals under eighteen years
      of age who are providing transportation on behalf of such person.
        (ii) Any person to the extent he is supplied with students or
      other individuals for agricultural employment in accordance with
      clause (i) of this subparagraph by a person who is exempt under
      such clause.
        (H)(i) Any person whose principal occupation or business is not
      agricultural employment, when supplying full-time students or
      other individuals whose principal occupation is not agricultural
      employment to string or harvest shade grown tobacco and to engage
      in related and incidental agricultural employment, unless there
      are individuals under eighteen years of age who are providing
      transportation on behalf of such person.
        (ii) Any person to the extent he is supplied with students or
      other individuals for agricultural employment in accordance with
      clause (i) of this subparagraph by a person who is exempt under
      such clause.
        (I) Any employee of any person described in subparagraphs (A)
      through (H) when performing farm labor contracting activities
      exclusively for such person.

      (b) Subchapter I of this chapter does not apply to any
    agricultural employer or agricultural association or to any
    employee of such an employer or association.



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