Third, farm labor contractors, agricultural employers, and agricultural associations must make and preserve written payroll records. Table 1 summarizes MSPA provisions and penalties for violations. The law has fewer provisions than the Occupational Safety and Health Act or the Fair Labor Standards Act. Total Agricultural employers and associations or their employees. Farm labor contractors who work within a 25-mile intrastate radius of their permanent residence for less than 13 weeks per year.
Custom combine, hay harvesting, or sheep shearing operations.
Seed production operations. Custom poultry operations. Nonprofit charitable for educational institutions. Persons hiring or recruiting studients or other nonagricultural employees for employment in seed production or in stringing and harvesting shade-grown tobacco. Responsible agency Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor Penalties Criminal sanctions.