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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)


29 CFR 780.809 - Employees engaged in exempt operations.

  • Section Number: 780.809
  • Section Name: Employees engaged in exempt operations.

    Employees engaged in actual ginning operations, as described in 
Sec. 780.804 will come within the exemption if all other conditions of 
section 13(b)(15) are met. The following activities are among those 
within the meaning of the term ``engaged in ginning of cotton'':
    (a) ``Spotting'' vehicles in the gin yard or in nearby areas before 
or after being weighed.
    (b) Moving vehicles in the gin yard or from nearby areas to the 
``Suction'' and reparking them subsequently.
    (c) Weighing the seed cotton prior to ginning, weighing lint cotton 
and seed subsequent to ginning (including preparation of weight records 
and tickets in connection with weighing operations).
    (d) Placing seed cotton in temporary storage at the gin and removing 
the cotton from such storage to be ginned.
    (e) Operating the suction feed.
    (f) Operating the gin stands and power equipment.
    (g) Making gin repairs during the ginning season.
    (h) Operating the press, including the handling of bagging and ties 
in connection with the ginning operations of that gin.
    (i) Removing bales from the press to holding areas on or near the 
gin premises.
    (j) Others whose work is so directly and physically connected with 
the ginning process itself that it constitutes an integral part of its 
actual performance.
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