---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 780.604"
title: "29"
number: "780.604"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/780.604"
---

# §780.604. General requirements.


The general requirements for exemption under [section 13(b)(13)](/cfr/29/13.md?p=b-13) are as follows:

- (a) **Employment of the employee “primarily” in agriculture in the particular workweek.**
- (b) **This primary employment by a farmer.**
- (c) **Engagement by the farmer in raising livestock.**
- (d) **Engagement by the farmer in livestock auction operations “as an adjunct to” the raising of livestock.**
- (e) Payment of the minimum wage required by section 6(a)(1) of the Act for all hours spent in livestock auction work by the employee.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 1-19, 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 75 Stat. 65; 29 U.S.C. 201-219. Pub. L. 105-78, 111 Stat. 1467.

### Source

Source: 37 FR 12084, June 17, 1972, unless otherwise noted.