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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: 780.506
• Section Name: Dependence of exemption on shade-grown tobacco operations.

    The exemption provided by section 13(a)(14) of the Act is limited to 
the performance of certain operations with respect to the specified 
commodity, shade-grown tobacco. Work in connection with any other kind 
of tobacco, or any other commodity, including any other farm product, is 
not exempt under this section. An employee must be an agricultural 
employee variously employed in the growing and harvesting of ``shade-
grown tobacco'' and in the described processing of ``such tobacco'' in 
order that the section 13(a)(14) exemption may apply.