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Farm Labor Contractor Exam Questions and
Answers
How often are FLCs required to take CA farm labor contractor
exams?
Ans: Every two years
True or False: You can sell or transfer any part of the profits of
your business unless the Labor Commissioner gives written
consent.
Ans: False. You cannot sell or transfer any parts unless you have written
consent.
True or False: You must not transfer your FLC federal registration
certificate to anyone else.
Ans: True.
What type of training must you provide to every crew leader,
foreperson, or other person who supervises, directs, or controls
any agricultural laborer on your behalf?
Ans: Training on the law governing:
-worker health and safety
-pesticide safety
-terms and conditions of employment
-at least 2 hours of training each calendar year in the prevention of
sexual harassment
What does federal law require of all your field supervisors who
recruit, solicit, hire, employ, furnish, or transport migrant or
seasonal ag workers?
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Ans: They are required to be registered as Farm Labor Contractor
Employees (FLCE).
If you drive workers to a jobsite and there is no work, what are
you required to do?
Ans: You must pay them the agreed upon rate of pay for all the time
traveling to the jobsite and back.
There is a strike or lockout at the worksite. When should you tell
your workers about it?
Ans: BEFORE you take them there.
An employee is requesting a written statement in Spanish showing
the amount of the contract fee you are receiving from the grower
and the workers' rates of pay. Are you required to provide it?
Ans: Yes. You must provide a written statement in English AND Spanish
if your employees OR grower requests it.
Can you charge a worker any kind of registration fee or
employment fee or tell workers that they must pay a
transportation fee to get a job?
Ans: No.
What should you post at the entrance to your vehicles?
Ans: Your name, FLC license number, and the pay rate for workers
What does Federal law also require you to post a notice of?
Ans: a notice of the workers' federal rights
Can you contribute to or interfere with workers who are
organizing a union?
Ans: NO. You must not.
What should you tell workers BEFORE your hire them?
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Ans: 1. WHERE they will be employed
2. 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
7. fees for transportation
8. fees for housing
9. fees for other benefits
What should you do before you contract with a grower to supply
labor?
Ans: You must show the grower your CA FLC license AND your FLC
federal registration certificate.
True or False: You must provide the grower with a payroll list of
all employees who will be doing work for that grower.
Ans: True. The form should be supplied by the Labor Commissioner.
True or False: You may split feed with the grower or with any of
his/her employees.
Ans: False. You must not split any fees with the grower or with his/her
employees.
What will happen when you fail to pay wages promptly, fail to
comply with an FLC contract, or violate any state or federal law
governing FLCs including health and safety, payment of wages, or
lack or workers' compensation insurance?
Ans: Your FLC license may be revoked.
Can your FLC license be revoked if you include any false
information on your application?
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Farm Labor Contractor Exam Questions and
Answers
How often are FLCs required to take CA farm labor contractor
exams?
Ans: Every two years
True or False: You can sell or transfer any part of the profits of
your business unless the Labor Commissioner gives written
consent.
Ans: False. You cannot sell or transfer any parts unless you have written
consent.
True or False: You must not transfer your FLC federal registration
certificate to anyone else.
Ans: True.
What type of training must you provide to every crew leader,
foreperson, or other person who supervises, directs, or controls
any agricultural laborer on your behalf?
Ans: Training on the law governing:
-worker health and safety
-pesticide safety
-terms and conditions of employment
-at least 2 hours of training each calendar year in the prevention of
sexual harassment
What does federal law require of all your field supervisors who
recruit, solicit, hire, employ, furnish, or transport migrant or
seasonal ag workers?
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, 2 | Page
Ans: They are required to be registered as Farm Labor Contractor
Employees (FLCE).
If you drive workers to a jobsite and there is no work, what are
you required to do?
Ans: You must pay them the agreed upon rate of pay for all the time
traveling to the jobsite and back.
There is a strike or lockout at the worksite. When should you tell
your workers about it?
Ans: BEFORE you take them there.
An employee is requesting a written statement in Spanish showing
the amount of the contract fee you are receiving from the grower
and the workers' rates of pay. Are you required to provide it?
Ans: Yes. You must provide a written statement in English AND Spanish
if your employees OR grower requests it.
Can you charge a worker any kind of registration fee or
employment fee or tell workers that they must pay a
transportation fee to get a job?
Ans: No.
What should you post at the entrance to your vehicles?
Ans: Your name, FLC license number, and the pay rate for workers
What does Federal law also require you to post a notice of?
Ans: a notice of the workers' federal rights
Can you contribute to or interfere with workers who are
organizing a union?
Ans: NO. You must not.
What should you tell workers BEFORE your hire them?
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Ans: 1. WHERE they will be employed
2. 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
7. fees for transportation
8. fees for housing
9. fees for other benefits
What should you do before you contract with a grower to supply
labor?
Ans: You must show the grower your CA FLC license AND your FLC
federal registration certificate.
True or False: You must provide the grower with a payroll list of
all employees who will be doing work for that grower.
Ans: True. The form should be supplied by the Labor Commissioner.
True or False: You may split feed with the grower or with any of
his/her employees.
Ans: False. You must not split any fees with the grower or with his/her
employees.
What will happen when you fail to pay wages promptly, fail to
comply with an FLC contract, or violate any state or federal law
governing FLCs including health and safety, payment of wages, or
lack or workers' compensation insurance?
Ans: Your FLC license may be revoked.
Can your FLC license be revoked if you include any false
information on your application?
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