§ 1811. — Certificate of registration required.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 29USC1811]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 20--MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION
SUBCHAPTER I--FARM LABOR CONTRACTORS
Sec. 1811. Certificate of registration required
(a) Persons engaged in any farm labor contracting activity
No person shall engage in any farm labor contracting activity,
unless such person has a certificate of registration from the Secretary
specifying which farm labor contracting activities such person is
authorized to perform.
(b) Hire, employ, or use of any individual to perform farm labor
contracting activities by farm labor contractor; liability of
farm labor contractor for violations
A farm labor contractor shall not hire, employ, or use any
individual to perform farm labor contracting activities unless such
individual has a certificate of registration, or a certificate of
registration as an employee of the farm labor contractor employer, which
authorizes the activity for which such individual is hired, employed, or
used. The farm labor contractor shall be held responsible for violations
of this chapter or any regulation under this chapter by any employee
regardless of whether the employee possesses a certificate of
registration based on the contractor's certificate of registration.
(c) Possession and exhibition of certificate
Each registered farm labor contractor and registered farm labor
contractor employee shall carry at all times while engaging in farm
labor contracting activities a certificate of registration and, upon
request, shall exhibit that certificate to all persons with whom they
intend to deal as a farm labor contractor or farm labor contractor
employee.
(d) Refusal or failure to produce certificate
The facilities and the services authorized by the Act of June 6,
1933 (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), known as the Wagner-Peyser Act, shall be
denied to any farm labor contractor upon refusal or failure to produce,
when asked, a certificate of registration.
(Pub. L. 97-470, title I, Sec. 101, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2587.)
References in Text
The Wagner-Peyser Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is act June 6,
1933, ch. 49, 48 Stat. 113, as amended, which is classified generally to
chapter 4B (Sec. 49 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 49
of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1854 of this title.
