Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

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The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act is a U.S. federal law that sets labor standards and protections for migrant and seasonal farmworkers, regulating wages, housing, transportation, and employment disclosures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Labor ⓘ
Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AWPA ⓘ
Agricultural Worker Protection Act ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
effectiveDate early 1980s ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
exempts certain agricultural employers who use only family labor ⓘ
small family-owned farms under certain conditions ⓘ
hasSection provisions on enforcement and penalties ⓘ
provisions on registration of farm labor contractors ⓘ
provisions on safety and health of housing ⓘ
provisions on safety of transportation ⓘ
provisions on worker protections and disclosures ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalCitation 29 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. ⓘ
primaryBeneficiaries migrant agricultural workers ⓘ
seasonal agricultural workers ⓘ
prohibits knowingly providing false or misleading information to workers ⓘ
requiring workers to purchase goods or services solely from the employer or contractor when unlawful ⓘ
retaliation against workers for asserting their rights under the Act ⓘ
providesFor civil money penalties against violators ⓘ
civil remedies for aggrieved workers ⓘ
enforcement actions by the U.S. Secretary of Labor ⓘ
private right of action for workers ⓘ
statutory damages for violations ⓘ
purpose to improve working and living conditions for agricultural workers ⓘ
to protect migrant and seasonal agricultural workers from exploitation ⓘ
regulates agricultural associations ⓘ
agricultural employers ⓘ
farm labor contractors ⓘ
replaced Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 ⓘ
requires compliance with federal and state safety and health standards for worker housing ⓘ
compliance with vehicle safety standards for transporting workers ⓘ
insurance or financial responsibility for vehicles used to transport workers ⓘ
recordkeeping of payroll and employment information ⓘ
registration of farm labor contractors with the U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
written disclosure of terms and conditions of employment to workers ⓘ
scope covers agricultural employment in the United States ⓘ
shortName MSPA ⓘ
signedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
subjectMatter employment disclosures for agricultural workers ⓘ
housing standards for agricultural workers ⓘ
labor standards for migrant and seasonal farmworkers ⓘ
transportation safety for agricultural workers ⓘ
wage protections ⓘ

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Wage and Hour Division → legalAuthority → Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act ⓘ
subject linked to: WHD
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act → alsoKnownAs → Agricultural Worker Protection Act ⓘ
linked to: Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
MSPA → acronymFor → Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act ⓘ
AWPA → fullName → Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act ⓘ
Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 → hasSuccessor → Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act ⓘ
Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 → replacedBy → Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act ⓘ