Opinion ID: 71035
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Heading: Ownership of facilities where work occurred

Text: 53 The first non-regulatory factor indicative of an employment relationship in this case is the putative employer's ownership of the facilities where the work occurred. See Aimable, 20 F.3d at 444; see also Rutherford Food Corp., 331 U.S. at 730, 67 S.Ct. at 1477; Griffin & Brand, 471 F.2d at 238. This element is probative of joint-employment status for the obvious reason that without the land, the worker might not have work, and because a business that owns or controls the worksite will likely be able to prevent labor law violations, even if it delegates hiring and supervisory responsibilities to labor contractors, see Gulf King Shrimp Co. v. Wirtz, 407 F.2d 508, 513-14 (5th Cir.1969). We need not dwell on this factor because there is no question that the growers owned the land where all the work was performed. 54