GroundRules
29 CFR 780.205: Nursery activities generally.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 29—Labor
- Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor
- CHAPTER V—WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
- SUBCHAPTER B—STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR INTERPRETATION NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO REGULATIONS
- PART 780—EXEMPTIONS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURE, PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AND RELATED SUBJECTS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
- Subpart C—Agriculture as It Relates to Specific Situations
The employees of a nursery who are engaged in the following activities are employed in “agriculture”:
(a) Sowing seeds and otherwise propagating fruit, nut, shade, vegetable, and ornamental plants or trees (but not Christmas trees), and shrubs, vines, and flowers;
(b) Handling such plants from propagating frames to the field;
(c) Planting, cultivating, watering, spraying, fertilizing, pruning, bracing, and feeding the growing crop.
Collected 2026-08-27T02:25:20Z. Source file · JSON