---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 42.6"
title: "29"
number: "42.6"
heading: "Enforcement strategy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/42.6"
---

# §42.6. Enforcement strategy.

- (a) Each Regional Farm Labor Coordinated Enforcement Committee shall annually prepare, on a regional basis, a migrant farm labor enforcement strategy for each protective statute pursuant to [§ 42.20(c)(3)](/cfr/29/42.20.md?p=c-3). The National Committee shall review these regional strategies and make recommendations to the appropriate DOL agencies. In reviewing the enforcement strategies, the Committee shall pay particular attention to:
  - (1) **The priorities set for the investigation and enforcement activities of compliance officers.**
  - (2) Available data on the past and current levels of enforcement of the protective statutes in the region, including the data collected pursuant to [§ 42.21](/cfr/29/42.21.md), infra.
  - (3) The level of attention given to directed activity as distinguished from complaint-initiated compliance activities.
  - (4) The capability of the agency to respond quickly and thoroughly under the strategy to emergencies involving violations of any of the protective statutes.
  - (5) The level of priority given by the Office of the Solicitor to farm labor-related enforcement activities under the respective protective statutes.
  - (6) **The ability of agencies to respond quickly and effectively to resolve complaints.**
  - (7) **The extent to which agencies follow through with appropriate remedies and sanctions.**
  - (8) **The degree to which agencies coordinate and cooperate on a local and regional level.**
  - (9) **Other activities of DOL agencies related to migrant farmworker enforcement.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 49, et seq.; 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.; 29 U.S.C. 651, et seq.; 29 U.S.C. 801, et seq.; 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 39489, June 10, 1980, unless otherwise noted.