Check piecework records for seasonal horticultural workers
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the payroll records, list for each worker the basis of pay, piecework units, hours, gross pay, each withholding and its purpose, and net pay, and mark any field § 1831(c) requires that is blank. Do not decide that an exemption applies.
- What the lawyer must review
- 29 U.S.C. § 1831(c) requires a farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, or agricultural association that employs a seasonal agricultural worker to keep, for three years, the basis of wages, piecework units, hours, total pay-period earnings, sums withheld and the purpose of each, and net pay, and to give an itemized statement each pay period. 29 U.S.C. § 213 contains conditional agriculture exemptions, including where the employer did not use more than 500 man-days of agricultural labor in any calendar quarter of the preceding year. You match the worker to the paragraph. Recordkeeping under § 1831 is not itself an exemption from the wage.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Consider narrowly defined preparation support after confirming the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Review operative clauses in the complete document, including definitions, cross-references, schedules and inconsistencies with the instructions.
- Confirm the appropriate instructions, permissions and cultural context with the relevant people before using information or communicating the result.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.