Minors Working on the Farm: Child Labor Laws for Agricultural Employers – National Agricultural Law Center

Minors Working on the Farm:

Child Labor Laws for Agricultural Employers

You will learn:

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and its corresponding regulations create several exemptions for child labor specifically for agriculture, allowing minors to work on the farm when they otherwise would not be authorized to work at all. This presentation will provide an in-depth discussion of FLSA agricultural child labor requirements and exemptions, including a review of “particularly hazardous occupations” and FLSA’s interaction with various state requirements for employing minors.   

Event Details:

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (ET)

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (CT)

You will hear:

Audry Thompson, Staff Attorney, Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law

Audry Thompson is a staff attorney with the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law (CASL) where she serves as the program director of the Understanding Agricultural Law educational series, supervises law students in the Rural Economic Development Clinic, and authors the Agricultural Law Weekly Review. Her research explores all aspects of agricultural labor issues, and she currently serves as the lead CASL attorney for AgWorks, an agricultural labor-focused educational and consulting grant project between CASL, Penn State Extension, and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. Audry holds a Juris Doctor from Penn State Dickinson Law and is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania. Audry is also a Ph.D. doctoral candidate at Penn State’s College of Education, and her forthcoming dissertation will examine clinical legal education. 

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