Title: Examine legal issues and labor laws relevant to agribusiness.
Course: Agricultural Business Management III (18201-36) > Section: Managing Human Resources in an Agribusiness Enterprise

Examination should include

- harassment
- drug testing
- discrimination
- Fair Labor Standards Act (e.g., minimum-wage law)
- tax exemption for minimum-wage earners
- lower youth minimum wage
- child labor laws
- overtime pay
- indirect employment.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What labor laws apply to agriculture at the farm level?
- What agricultural enterprises are exempt from minimum wage laws?
- What agricultural enterprises are exempt from overtime laws?
- When an agricultural producer contracts with a farm labor contractor, does that shift responsibilities from the agricultural producer onto the contractor?
- What restrictions are placed on young people working in agricultural positions?
- What circumstances may allow young people working in agricultural positions to be paid less, legally, than adults working there?