Fair Labor Standards Act in Agriculture

Overview

The FLSA is the federal law which sets minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards for most employment, including agricultural employment. There are, however, some exemptions which exempt certain employees from the minimum wage provisions, the overtime pay provisions, or both. For more general information on the applications of the FLSA to agricultural settings, please see the Employment Law Guide or Fact Sheet 12.

General Guidance

• Employment Law Guide – Fair Labor Standards Act

• Cultivating Compliance: An Agricultural Guide to Federal Labor Law (English) (Spanish) (PDF)

• Cultivating Compliance: Your Next Steps as a Registered Farm Labor Contractor (FLC) (English) (Spanish) (PDF)

• Video: Cultivating Compliance - An Agricultural Guide to Federal Labor Law

• Workers’ Rights Card – Farm Workers

  • Spanish Version (PDF)

• Agricultural Employer’s Pocket Guide on Youth Employment

  • Spanish Version (PDF)

Fact Sheets

• Child Labor in Agriculture

  • Spanish Version

e-Tools

• FLSA elaws Advisor

Posters

• FLSA Poster

  • Spanish Version

• Agriculture under the Fair Labor Standards Act

  • Spanish Version

Interpretive Guidance

• FLSA Opinion Letters

• FLSA Field Bullets

• Chapter 20- Agriculture

Applicable Laws and Regulations

• The Fair Labor Standards Act

• FLSA Agriculture Regulations (29 C.F.R. § 780)