29 U.S.C. § 1842
Section 1842 · Confirmation of registration
This is the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act)
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case Linkstrom v. Golden T. Farms (1989)
Most recently applied in Saucedo v. John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Co. (March 2016)
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No person shall utilize the services of any farm labor contractor to supply any migrant or seasonal agricultural worker unless the person first takes reasonable steps to determine that the farm labor contractor possesses a certificate of registration which is valid and which authorizes the activity for which the contractor is utilized. In making that determination, the person may rely upon either possession of a certificate of registration, or confirmation of such registration by the Department of Labor. The Secretary shall maintain a central public registry of all persons issued a certificate of registration.