Fact Sheet #12: Agricultural Employers Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Author: U.S. Department of Labor
Date Published: 2008
This fact sheet provides general information concerning the application of the FLSA to agricultural employment. The FLSA is the federal law which sets minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, and child labor standards. Agriculture includes farming in all its branches when performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjuction with such farming operations.