---
title: "Check piecework records for seasonal horticultural workers"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/agribusiness-and-rural-law/prepare-piecework-records-and-pay-checks-for-seasonal-horticulture-worke/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A38-E20261018-6-US"
practice_area: "Agribusiness & Rural Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check piecework records for seasonal horticultural workers

> 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.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Agribusiness & Rural Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/agribusiness-and-rural-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| 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 | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare piecework records and pay checks for seasonal horticulture workers](https://ailawframework.com/practice/agribusiness-and-rural-law/prepare-piecework-records-and-pay-checks-for-seasonal-horticulture-worke.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: 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.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Migrant workers are covered by 29 U.S.C. § 1821, which was opened and is a different section. Use § 1831 for seasonal workers.
- State wage-and-hour law can be stricter. Open it.

## Sources

- [29 U.S.C. § 1831, MSPA information and recordkeeping for seasonal agricultural workers](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/1831) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [29 U.S.C. § 213, Fair Labor Standards Act exemptions](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/213) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Horticulture piecework records checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/agribusiness-and-rural-law/horticulture-piecework-records.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A checklist of what a Horticulture Award piecework record must contain, when it is given, and the two extra records the Fair Work page requires.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*