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Farm Labor Contractor Exam
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Question:How often are FLCs required to take CA farm labor contractor
exams?
Ans: Every two years
Question: 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.
Question: True or False: You must not transfer your FLC federal registration
certificate to anyone else.
Ans: True.
Question: 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?
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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
Question: What does federal law require of all your field supervisors who
recruit, solicit, hire, employ, furnish, or transport migrant or seasonal ag
workers?
Ans: They are required to be registered as Farm Labor Contractor Employees
(FLCE).
Question: 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.
Question: There is a strike or lockout at the worksite. When should you tell
your workers about it?
Ans: BEFORE you take them there.
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Question: 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.
Question: 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.
Question: What should you post at the entrance to your vehicles?
Ans: Your name, FLC license number, and the pay rate for workers
Question: What does Federal law also require you to post a notice of?
Ans: a notice of the workers' federal rights
Question: Can you contribute to or interfere with workers who are organizing
a union?
Ans: NO. You must not.
Question: 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
Question: 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.
Question: 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.
Farm Labor Contractor Exam
Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
Question:How often are FLCs required to take CA farm labor contractor
exams?
Ans: Every two years
Question: 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.
Question: True or False: You must not transfer your FLC federal registration
certificate to anyone else.
Ans: True.
Question: 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?
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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
Question: What does federal law require of all your field supervisors who
recruit, solicit, hire, employ, furnish, or transport migrant or seasonal ag
workers?
Ans: They are required to be registered as Farm Labor Contractor Employees
(FLCE).
Question: 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.
Question: There is a strike or lockout at the worksite. When should you tell
your workers about it?
Ans: BEFORE you take them there.
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Question: 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.
Question: 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.
Question: What should you post at the entrance to your vehicles?
Ans: Your name, FLC license number, and the pay rate for workers
Question: What does Federal law also require you to post a notice of?
Ans: a notice of the workers' federal rights
Question: Can you contribute to or interfere with workers who are organizing
a union?
Ans: NO. You must not.
Question: 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
Question: 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.
Question: 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.
