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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 I

Employment in Ginning of Cotton and Processing of Sugar Beets, Sugar-Beet Molasses, Sugarcane, or Maple Sap into Sugar or Syrup; Exemption From Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(b)(15)

• Section Number: 780.803
• Section Name: Basic conditions of exemption; first part, ginning of cotton.

    Under the first part of section 13(b)(15) of the Act, the ginning of 
cotton, all the following conditions must be met in order for the 
exemption to apply to an employee:
    (a) He must be ``engaged in ginning.''
    (b) The commodity ginned must be cotton.
    (c) The ginning of the cotton must be ``for market.''
    (d) The place of employment in which this work is done must be 
``located in a county where cotton is grown in commercial quantities.'' 
The following sections discuss the meaning and application of these 
requirements.