---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 780.703"
title: "29"
number: "780.703"
heading: "Basic requirements for exemption."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/780.703"
---

# §780.703. Basic requirements for exemption.


The basic requirements for exemption of country elevator employees under section 13(b)(14) of the Act are as follows:

- (a) **The employing establishment must—**
  - (1) Be an establishment “commonly recognized as a country elevator,” and
  - (2) Have not more than five employees employed in its operations as such; and
- (b) **The employee must—**
  - (1) Be “employed by” such establishment, and
  - (2) **Be employed “within the area of production,” as defined by the Secretary of Labor.**

## 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.