FLC License Exam (Review Packet) Questions And
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1. Basic Responsibilities: The Examination: Farm labor contractors (FLC) are
required to take California's farm labor contractor exam every two years. An FLC
who has violated any law related to farm labor contracting must take the exam the
year after violation or at the request of the Labor Commissioner.
2. Basic Responsibilities: The License: To contract for farm labor, you must;
-Have and show a valid and current California farm labor contractor's license.
-Have and show a valid and current FLC federal registration certificate from the US
Department of Labor.
-Be registered with the Agricutlural Commissioner in each county where you supply
labor.
-Have a bond for the appropriate amount posted with the Labor Commissioner.
-Have workers' compensation insurance.
-Disclose all people who have a financial interest in your contracting business.
-Every year, enroll and participate in at lest nine hours of an approved FLC class, of
which one hour should cover sexual harassment prevention.
-Notify the Department of Labor Standards and Enforcement (DLSE) immediately
of any changes related to the business officers, address, legal entity, partnerships,
etc.
You must not:
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-Sell or transfer any part of the profits of your business unless the Labor Commis-
sioner gives written consent.
-Transfer your FLC federal registration certificate to anyone else.
3. Basic Responsibilities: Training Supervisors: You must provide every crew
leader, foreperson, or other person who supervises, directs, or controls any agri-
cultural laborer on your behalf with information and training on the law governing
worker health and safety, pesticide safety, the terms and conditions of employment,
and at least two hours of training each calendar year in the prevention of sexual
harassment in the workplace.
Additionally, federal law requires that all your field supervisors who recruit, solicit,
hire, employ, furnish, or transport migrant or seasonal agricultural workers be
registered as Farm Labor Contractor Employees (FLCE) and that they be trained
in pesticide safety. You are responsible for any violations of federal law committed
by any FLCE who works for you.
4. Basic Responsibilities: Recruiting Workers: You , or any person working for
you, must not make any false or misleading statements about the terms, conditions,
or existence of employment. For example, you must not transport workers to a job
site unless you already have agree to to supply labor there. If you drive workers to
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a job site and there is not work, you must pay them the agree upon rate of pay for
all the time traveling to the job site and back.
If there is a strike or lockout at the worksite, you must tell your workers about i before
you take them there.
If your employees or the grower request it, you must provide a written statement (in
English and in Spanish) showing the amount I of the contract fee you are racing from
the grower and the worker's rates of pay.
You may not charge a worker any kind of registration fee or employee not fee or tell
workers hatch they must pay a transportation fee to get a job.
You must post your name, FLC license number, and the pay rate for workers at the
entrance to your vehicles.
Federal law also requires you to post a notice of the workers' federal rights.
You must not contribute to or interfere with workers who are organizing a union.
Before you hire workers, yo must tell them (1) where they will be employed, (2) the
pay rates, (3) the crops they will work on, (4) their work duties, (5) the expected
length of employment, (6) whether you will receive a commission for sales from a
store owned by the grower and about the fees for (7) transportation, (8) housing,
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and (9) other benefits.
Workers must not be required to purchase goods or services solely from a contractor
or a grower or any person acting for them.
5. Basic Responsibilities; Contracting with Growers: Before you may contract to
supply labor for a grower, you must show the grower your California FLC license and
your FLC federal registration certificate.
You must (on a form supplied by the Labor Commissioner) provide the grower with
a payroll list of all employees who will be doing work for that grower.
You must not split any fees with the grower or with any of his/her employees.
6. Basic Responsibilities: Grounds for losing your FLC license: You license may
be revokes if you do nay of the following:
-Violate any state or federal law governing farm labor contractors, including health
Answers.
1. Basic Responsibilities: The Examination: Farm labor contractors (FLC) are
required to take California's farm labor contractor exam every two years. An FLC
who has violated any law related to farm labor contracting must take the exam the
year after violation or at the request of the Labor Commissioner.
2. Basic Responsibilities: The License: To contract for farm labor, you must;
-Have and show a valid and current California farm labor contractor's license.
-Have and show a valid and current FLC federal registration certificate from the US
Department of Labor.
-Be registered with the Agricutlural Commissioner in each county where you supply
labor.
-Have a bond for the appropriate amount posted with the Labor Commissioner.
-Have workers' compensation insurance.
-Disclose all people who have a financial interest in your contracting business.
-Every year, enroll and participate in at lest nine hours of an approved FLC class, of
which one hour should cover sexual harassment prevention.
-Notify the Department of Labor Standards and Enforcement (DLSE) immediately
of any changes related to the business officers, address, legal entity, partnerships,
etc.
You must not:
, FLC License Exam (Review Packet) Questions And
Answers.
-Sell or transfer any part of the profits of your business unless the Labor Commis-
sioner gives written consent.
-Transfer your FLC federal registration certificate to anyone else.
3. Basic Responsibilities: Training Supervisors: You must provide every crew
leader, foreperson, or other person who supervises, directs, or controls any agri-
cultural laborer on your behalf with information and training on the law governing
worker health and safety, pesticide safety, the terms and conditions of employment,
and at least two hours of training each calendar year in the prevention of sexual
harassment in the workplace.
Additionally, federal law requires that all your field supervisors who recruit, solicit,
hire, employ, furnish, or transport migrant or seasonal agricultural workers be
registered as Farm Labor Contractor Employees (FLCE) and that they be trained
in pesticide safety. You are responsible for any violations of federal law committed
by any FLCE who works for you.
4. Basic Responsibilities: Recruiting Workers: You , or any person working for
you, must not make any false or misleading statements about the terms, conditions,
or existence of employment. For example, you must not transport workers to a job
site unless you already have agree to to supply labor there. If you drive workers to
, FLC License Exam (Review Packet) Questions And
Answers.
a job site and there is not work, you must pay them the agree upon rate of pay for
all the time traveling to the job site and back.
If there is a strike or lockout at the worksite, you must tell your workers about i before
you take them there.
If your employees or the grower request it, you must provide a written statement (in
English and in Spanish) showing the amount I of the contract fee you are racing from
the grower and the worker's rates of pay.
You may not charge a worker any kind of registration fee or employee not fee or tell
workers hatch they must pay a transportation fee to get a job.
You must post your name, FLC license number, and the pay rate for workers at the
entrance to your vehicles.
Federal law also requires you to post a notice of the workers' federal rights.
You must not contribute to or interfere with workers who are organizing a union.
Before you hire workers, yo must tell them (1) where they will be employed, (2) the
pay rates, (3) the crops they will work on, (4) their work duties, (5) the expected
length of employment, (6) whether you will receive a commission for sales from a
store owned by the grower and about the fees for (7) transportation, (8) housing,
, FLC License Exam (Review Packet) Questions And
Answers.
and (9) other benefits.
Workers must not be required to purchase goods or services solely from a contractor
or a grower or any person acting for them.
5. Basic Responsibilities; Contracting with Growers: Before you may contract to
supply labor for a grower, you must show the grower your California FLC license and
your FLC federal registration certificate.
You must (on a form supplied by the Labor Commissioner) provide the grower with
a payroll list of all employees who will be doing work for that grower.
You must not split any fees with the grower or with any of his/her employees.
6. Basic Responsibilities: Grounds for losing your FLC license: You license may
be revokes if you do nay of the following:
-Violate any state or federal law governing farm labor contractors, including health
