Monday, August 02, 2004

Fourth Circuit rules Christmas tree growers were agricultural workers exempt from FLSA

In U.S. Department of Labor v. North Carolina Growers Ass'n, the Fourth Circuit in an opinion by Judge Williams, joined by Judge Widener and Senior Judge Beezer from the Ninth Circuit, held that employees of Christmas tree growers in North Carolina were agricultural workers exempt from the overtime pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The AP has this story on the case.

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