[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR500.75]

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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. 500.75  Disclosure of information.

    (a) Where disclosure is required, Department of Labor optional forms 
may be used to satisfy the requirements of disclosure under the Act.
    (b) Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and 
agricultural association which recruits any migrant agricultural worker 
shall ascertain to the best of his ability and disclose, in writing to 
the extent that he has obtained such information, to such worker at the 
time of recruitment, the following information:
    (1) The place of employment (with as much specificity as practical, 
such as the name and address of the employer or the association);
    (2) The wage rates (including piece rates) to be paid;
    (3) The crops and kinds of activities on which the worker may be 
employed;
    (4) The period of employment;
    (5) The transportation, housing, and any other employee benefits to 
be provided, if any, and any costs to be charged for each of them;
    (6) Whether state workers' compensation or state unemployment 
insurance is provided:
    (i) If workers' compensation is provided, the required disclosure 
must include the name of the workers' compensation insurance carrier, 
the name(s) of the policyholder(s), the

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name and telephone number of each person who must be notified of an 
injury or death, and the time period within which such notice must be 
given.
    (ii) The information requirement in paragraph (b)(6)(i) of this 
section may be satisfied by giving the worker a photocopy of any 
workers' compensation notice required by State law;.
    (7) The existence of any strike or other concerted work stoppage, 
slowdown, or interruption of operations by employees at the place of 
employment; and
    (8) The existence of any arrangements with any owner or agent of any 
establishment in the area of employment under which the farm labor 
contractor, the agricultural employer, or the agricultural association 
is to receive a commission or any other benefit resulting from any sales 
by such establishment to the workers.
    (c) Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer and 
agricultural association which employs any migrant agricultural worker 
shall post (and maintain) in a conspicuous place at the place of 
employment a poster provided by the Secretary of Labor, which sets out 
the rights and protections for workers required under the Act.
    (d) The employer (other than a farm labor contractor) of any migrant 
agricultural worker, shall provide at the place of employment on request 
of the worker, a written statement of the conditions of employment. A 
farm labor contractor shall provide such information in accordance with 
Sec. 500.60(b) of these regulations.
    (e) In a joint employment situation, each employer is equally 
responsible for displaying and maintaining the poster and for responding 
to worker requests for written statements of the conditions of 
employment which are made during the course of employment. This joint 
responsibility, however, does not require needless duplication, such as 
would occur if each employer posted the same poster or provided the same 
written statement with respect to the same employment conditions. 
Failure to provide the information required by a joint employment 
relationship, however, will result in all joint employers being 
responsible for that failure.
    (f) Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer and 
agricultural association which provides housing for any migrant 
agricultural worker shall post in a conspicuous place (at the site of 
the housing) or present in the form of a written statement to the worker 
the following information on the terms and conditions of occupancy of 
such housing, if any:
    (1) The name and address of the farm labor contractor, agricultural 
employer

or agricultural association providing the housing;
    (2) The name and address of the individual in charge of the housing;
    (3) The mailing address and phone number where persons living in the 
housing facility may be reached;
    (4) Who may live at the housing facility;
    (5) The charges to be made for housing;
    (6) The meals to be provided and the charges to be made for them;
    (7) The charges for utilities; and
    (8) Any other charges or conditions of occupancy.
    (g) If the terms and conditions of occupancy are posted, the poster 
shall be displayed and maintained during the entire period of occupancy. 
If the terms and conditions of occupancy are disclosed to the worker 
through a statement (rather than through a posting), such statement 
shall be provided to the worker prior to occupancy. Department of Labor 
optional forms may be used to satisfy this requirement.

[48 FR 36741, Aug. 12, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 24866, May 16, 1996]

    Hiring and Providing Information to Seasonal Agricultural Workers