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May
Department of Labor Standards OT Opinion Letter
In this letter the Department of Labor Standards (DLS) attempts to make clearer the line between harvesting and post-harvesting activities, and to answer the question Chief Justice Gants posed to plaintiffs’ counsel at oral argument in Chang & Sons:“What is the overtime obligation of a farmer to a farm-worker who has performed half of his weekly hours growing and harvesting and the other half performing post harvesting activities?