44-1611. JOINT LIABILITY. (1) If an agricultural employer uses a farm labor contractor who is properly licensed and bonded under the provisions of this chapter, that agricultural employer shall not be jointly and severally liable for any unpaid wages determined to be due and owing pursuant to chapter 6, title 45, Idaho Code, to any employee of the farm labor contractor who performed work for that agricultural employer.
(2) An agricultural employer who knowingly uses the services of an unlicensed farm labor contractor shall be jointly and severally liable for any unpaid wages determined to be due and owing pursuant to chapter 6, title 45, Idaho Code, to any employee of the unlicensed farm labor contractor who performed work for that agricultural employer. In making determinations under this section, any user of a farm labor contractor may rely upon either the license issued by the department to the farm labor contractor under section 44-1603, Idaho Code, or the department’s representation that such contractor is licensed as required by this chapter.
History:
[44-1611, added 2002, ch. 328, sec. 1, p. 927.]
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