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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): What agricultural employers need to know about the FLSA’s worker protections enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD): A guide to avoiding common overtime, child labor, and recordkeeping related violations in agricultural settings. The presentation will cover basic compliance principles under the Act; including coverage, exemptions, minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, and child labor requirements. A question and answer period will follow the presentation. Links to USDOL/WHD FLSA, H-2A program, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act, and OSHA Field Sanitation compliance assistance resources will be shared during the webinar.
Contact Jason Lilley, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Sustainable Agriculture and Maple Professional, at jason.lilley@maine.edu or 207.781.6099 or 1.800.287.1471.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact Jason Lilley at 207.781.6099 or e-mail jason.lilley@maine.edu by April 15, 2022. If requests are received after this date, we may not have sufficient time to make the necessary arrangements.