Mark- It probably falls under you state labor laws as well as federal. Your signiture box does not contain your location.
In NJ we have specific guidelines for employees/youth under 18- especially regarding equipment use. Ferderal and state worker protection rules and guidelines apply as well for any employee working on your farm Contract labor would only be done through a lisenced labor contractor who would be responsible for all paperwork, permits, etc. If your hireing high school kids directly they are employees. If you google contract labor and your state- you will get more information than you want about your guidelines. Win Win Cowgill Apple-Crop Cofounder Editor Horticultural News Professor and Area Fruit Agent New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Rutgers Cooperative Extension PO Box 2900 314 State Route 12, Bldg. 2 Flemington, NJ 08822-2900 Office 908-788-1339 Fax- 908-806-4735 Email: cowg...@njaes.rutgers.edu www.horticulturalnews.org/ www.virtualorchard.net/ http://virtualorchard.net/njfruitfocus/index.html Twitter @mrsuncrisp http://www.appletesters.net http://nc140.org On Apr 9, 2015, at 11:01 AM, Mark & Helen Angermayer <angermay...@gmail.com> wrote: > I plan to hire some high school kids to help me thin fruit this year. > They will only be working for about a month it takes to thin the > fruit. > > I'm uncertain if this temporary employment would fall under employees > or contract labor. I've looked at the definitions, but still unclear. > > Some of the requirements of contract labor vs. employees are who > provides tools, and who defines work schedule. Obviously there are no > tools required for fruit thinning, other than one's hands. I intend > be flexible on when the kids can work, so am not setting work times. > The kids would be hired individually, not as a "thinning crew". > > The dollar cost is the same to me either way (because I plan on paying > more for contract labor and less for employees) but the paperwork is > less for contract labor. I'm a very small commercial grower, so FUTA > is not a consideration. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Mark Angermayer > Tubby Fruits Peach Orchard > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
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