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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to ESA

Title 29

Labor

Chapter V

Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor

Part 780

Exemptions Applicable to Agriculture, Processing of Agricultural Commodities, and Related Subjects Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Subpart F

Employment or Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade- Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(14)

• Section Number: 780.501
• Section Name: Statutory provision.

    Section 13(a)(14) of the Fair Labor Standards Act exempts from the 
minimum wage requirements of section 6 of the Act and from the overtime 
provisions of section 7:

    Any agricultural employee employed in the growing and harvesting of 
shade-grown tobacco who is engaged in the processing (including, but not 
limited to, drying, curing, fermenting, bulking, rebulking, sorting, 
grading, aging, and baling) of such tobacco, prior to the stemming 
process, for use as cigar wrapper tobacco.