[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: 29CFR575.2]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 575_WAIVER OF CHILD LABOR PROVISIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT OF 
 
Sec. 575.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Act means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (52 Stat. 
1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq.).
    Administrator means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, 
Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, and 
includes an authorized representative designated by the Administrator to 
perform any of the functions of the Administrator under this part.
    Agriculture means agriculture as defined in section 3(f) of the Act 
and as interpreted in part 780 of this chapter.
    Commute daily means the minors shall travel by foot, car, or other 
vehicle designed for transporting passengers from their permanent 
residences to the field or farm where they will work and return thereto 
at the end of each workday.
    Department means the U.S. Department of Labor.
    Employer means employer as defined in section 3(d) of the Act.
    Group of employers means a number of employers who seek to be 
considered together for the purpose of applying for a waiver under 
section 13(c)(4) of the Act.
    Hand-harvest laborers means agricultural workers engaged solely in 
harvesting by hand soil grown crops such as but not limited to berries, 
potatoes, and beans, and as interpreted in Sec. 780.312 of this 
chapter.
    Outside school hours means such periods as determined by the school 
district of the minor's permanent residence. These periods include 
before or after school hours, holidays, summer vacation, Saturdays, 
Sundays, or any other days on which the school for the school district 
does not assemble.
    Permanent residence means the place where the minor and the minor's 
parent or person standing in place of a parent reside year-round.
    Secretary means the Secretary of Labor, United States Department of 
Labor, or an authorized representative of the Secretary.
    Waiver means a letter signed by the Administrator advising the named 
employer or group of employers that 10 and 11 year old minors may be 
employed in the hand-harvesting of the specified short season crop or 
crops for the period designated, in accordance with the terms and 
conditions set forth in section 13(c)(4) of the Act and this part.

[43 FR 26562, June 21, 1978; 43 FR 28471, June 30, 1978]