Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/1230

 96 STAT. 2592

PUBLIC LAW 97-470—JAN. 14, 1983

or property meets applicable safety and health standards. No person who owns or controls any such facility or property shall permit it to be occupied by any migrant agricultural worker unless a copy of the certification of occupancy is posted at the site. The receipt and posting of a certificate of occupancy does not relieve any person of responsibilities under subsection (a). Each such person shall retain the original certification for three years and shall make it available for inspection and review in accordance with section 512. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, if a request for the inspection of a facility or real property is made to the appropriate State or local agency at least forty-five days prior to the date on which it is occupied by migrant agricultural workers and such agency has not conducted an inspection by such date, the facility or property may be so occupied. (c) This section does not apply to any person who, in the ordinary course of that person's business, regularly provides housing on a commercial basis to the general public and who provides housing to migrant agricultural workers of the same character and on the same or comparable terms and conditions as is provided to the general public. TITLE III—SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTIONS INFORMATION AND RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

29 USC 1831.

SEC. 301. (a)(1) Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and agricultural association which recruits any seasonal agricultural worker (other than day-haul workers described in section 3(10XAXii)) shall ascertain and, upon request, disclose in writing the following information when an oner of employment is made to such worker: (A) the place of employment; (B) the wage rates to be paid; (C) the crops and kinds of activities on which the worker may be employed; (D) the period of employment; (E) the transportation and any other employee benefit to be provided, if any, and any costs to be charged for each of them; (F) the existence of any strike or other concerted work stoppage, slowdown, or interruption of operations by employees at the place of employment; and (G) the existence of any arrangements with any owner or agent of any establishment in the area of employment under which the farm labor contractor, the agricultural employer, or the agricultural association is to receive a commission or any other benefit resulting from any sales by such establishment to the workers. (2) Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and agricultural association which recruits seasonal agricultural workers through use of a day-haul operation described in section 3(10XAXii) shall ascertain and disclose in writing to the worker at the place of recruitment the information described in paragraph (1). (b) Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and agricultural association which employs any seasonal agricultural worker shall, at the place of employment, post in a conspicuous place a poster provided by the Secretary setting forth the rights and

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