29 C.F.R. § 780.210 The typical hatchery operations constitute “agriculture.”
Title 29 - Labor
As stated in §780.127, the typical hatchery is engaged in “agriculture,” whether in a rural or city location. Where the hatchery is engaged solely in procuring eggs for hatching, performing the hatching operations, and selling the chicks, all the employees including office and maintenance workers are engaged in agriculture (see Miller Hatcheries v. Boyer, 131 F. 2d 283).
Title 29: Labor
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
Hatchery Operations
§ 780.210 The typical hatchery operations constitute “agriculture.”
