H-2A: Who is Exempt from Federal Overtime Pay Requirements?
From Edward Silva, CEO at másLaborA common H-2A question: Who is exempt from Federal overtime pay requirements?
Those in primary and secondary agriculture. But what does that mean?
Primary agriculture:
Farming in all of its branches, including any direct farming activities (planting, cultivating, harvesting, etc.) or the raising of livestock or fur-bearing animals.
Secondary agriculture:
Practices (whether or not they are farming practices) performed either by a farmer or on a farms as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operation.