29 USC § 1832 - Wages, supplies, and other working arrangements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s1832"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "29 USC § 1832 - Wages, supplies, and other working arrangements"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "1832"
section_name: "Wages, supplies, and other working arrangements"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–470, title III, § 302, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2593.)"
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# § 1832. Wages, supplies, and other working arrangements

**(a)** **Payment of wages** Each farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, and agricultural association which employs any seasonal agricultural worker shall pay the wages owed to such worker when due.

**(b)** **Purchase of goods or services by worker** No farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, or agricultural association shall require any seasonal agricultural worker to purchase any goods or services solely from such farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, or agricultural association.

**(c)** **Violation of terms of working arrangement** No farm labor contractor, agricultural employer, or agricultural association shall, without justification, violate the terms of any working arrangement made by that contractor, employer, or association with any seasonal agricultural worker.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–470, title III, § 302, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2593.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days from , see , set out as a note under .