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a minimum wage. Agricultural workers are exempt from overtime payment.

The Act defines wage “paid as including the reasonable cost to the employer of furnishing the employee with board, lodging or otherfacilities if such is customarily fui nished”. However, the Secretary of Labor is authorized tc determine the fair value, based on average cost to the employer or groups of employers similarly situated, This average value determined by the Labor Department will be used in place o: the actual cost of fur^rfshli1> board, lodging, etc./'^

The Act requires jhat sharecroppers, unless/ they .aw truly independent (operaftors be considered asV^mpJoyee;

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