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Office of Public Affairs
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CONTACT: Dolline Hatchett
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
04-1302-NAT
July 15, 2004
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Labor Department Partners With American Mushroom Institute
To Help Mushroom Growers Comply With Federal Law
WASHINGTON - In an effort to educate mushroom growers throughout the
country about minimum wage, overtime and worker health and safety, the U.S.
Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has entered into a partnership
with the American Mushroom Institute (AMI).
The AMI is a national, nonprofit trade association established by mushroom
growers with a total membership of approximately 400 members, including 120
mushroom farms.
"This agreement provides a great opportunity to help mushroom growers
understand their responsibilities under the federal law," says Al Robinson,
acting administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. "We look forward to
working with the Institute to supply its members with the information they need
to be in compliance."
Under the WHD/AMI agreement, the two organizations will work together to assist
growers in rural and farm communities to comply with the laws administered by
the Wage and Hour Division, including: the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),
the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA), the H-2A
program under the Immigration and Nationality Act (H-2A), and certain provisions
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
To obtain information about the laws administered by the Wage and Hour Division,
call the department's toll-free help line at 1-866-4USWAGE (1-866-487-9243)
or visit the Internet at www.wagehour.dol.gov.
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