The Act exempts all other agricultural employers from the minimum wage provisions. No increases in the minimum wage are scheduled. This is the same minimum rate as for nonfarm employees. Workers may be paid on an hourly, weekly, monthly, or piece-rate basis. The hourly rate for an employee paid a salary for a regular or specified number of hours a week is obtained by dividing the salary by the number of hours.
Wages required by the act are due on the regular payday for the pay period covered.
Amounts held for bonuses or other reasons do not count toward the minimum wage until actually paid. If the employer did not employ more than 500 man-days of agricultural labor in any quarter of the preceding calendar year, his or her agricultural employees are exempt from the minimum wage provisions of the Act for the entire following calendar year. All employees except members of the employer's immediate family are included in the 500 man-day test. If the employer is a partnership or corporation, there are no family exemptions. The 500 man-day test applies only to employers of farm labor.