Iowa Code r. 875-215.3 - Exceptions

The rules contained in 875-Chapters 216 through 220 do not apply with respect to:

(1) Any employee employed by an establishment that is an amusement or recreational establishment, organized camp, or religious or nonprofit education conference center, if:

a. It does not operate for more than seven months in any calendar year, or

b. During the preceding calendar year, its average receipts for any six months of such year were not more than 33 1/3 percent of its average receipts for the other six months of the year, except that the exemption provided does not apply with respect to any employee of a private entity engaged in providing services or facilities (other than a private entity engaged in providing services and facilities directly related to skiing) in a national park or a national forest or on land in the National Wildlife Refuge System, under a contract with the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture.

(2) Any employee employed in agriculture:

a. If the employee is employed by an employer who did not, during any calendar quarter during the preceding calendar year, use more than 500 person-days of agricultural labor;

b. If the employee is the parent, spouse, child, or other member of the employer's immediate family;

c. If the employee:

(1) Is employed as a hand harvest laborer and is paid on a piece-rate basis in an operation that has been, and is customarily and generally recognized as having been, paid on a piece-rate basis in the region of employment,

(2) Commutes daily from the employee's permanent residence to the farm on which the employee is employed, and

(3) Has been employed in agriculture less than 13 weeks during the preceding calendar year;

d. If the employee (other than an employee described in paragraph 215.3(2)"c"):

(1) Is 16 years of age or under, is employed as a hand harvest laborer, is paid on a piece-rate basis in an operation that has been, and is customarily and generally recognized as having been, paid on a piece-rate basis in the region of employment,

(2) Is employed on the same farm as the employee's parent or person standing in the place of the employee's parent, and

(3) Is paid at the same piece rate as employees over age 16 are paid on the same farm; or

e. If the employee is principally engaged in the range production of livestock.

(3) Any employee employed on a casual basis in domestic service employment to provide babysitting services or any employee employed in domestic service employment to provide companionship services for individuals who (because of age or infirmity) are unable to care for themselves.

(4) Any employee to the extent that the employee is exempted by a certificate of the Secretary of Labor.

Notes

Iowa Code r. 875-215.3

29 U.S.C. 213.

ARC 8747C, IAB 1/8/25, effective 2/12/25

Amended by IAB April 19, 2023/Volume XLV, Number 21, effective 5/24/2023 Adopted by IAB January 8, 2025/Volume XLVII, Number 14, effective 2/12/2025