[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 29, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 29CFR500.71]



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                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 

         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 500_MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION--Table of 

Contents

 

                      Subpart C_Worker Protections

 

Sec.  500.71  Utilization of only registered farm labor contractors.



    The Act prohibits any person from utilizing the services of a farm 

labor contractor to supply migrant or seasonal agricultural workers 

without first taking reasonable steps to determine that the farm labor 

contractor possesses a valid Certificate of Registration, issued 

pursuant to the Act, which authorizes the activity for which the 

contractor is to be utilized. This prohibition also applies to a farm 

labor contractor who wishes to utilize the services of another farm 

labor contractor (see Sec.  500.41). In making the determination about a 

contractor's registration status, a person may rely upon the 

contractor's possession of a Certificate of Registration which on its 

face is valid and which authorizes the activity for which the contractor 

is utilized. A person has the alternative to confirm the contractor's 

registration through the central registry maintained by the United 

States Department of Labor.