Take advantage of all of Idaho Labor's services, and make sure your employer is providing you with the pay and benefits you are entitled to by law.
All Idaho Department of Labor offices statewide offer employment services to migrant and seasonal farmworkers, including:
Under state law, all persons performing farm labor contractor activities on behalf of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Idaho must:
List of farm labor contractors licensed in Idaho.
The law guarantees farmworkers the state minimum wage of $7.25 an hour on all farms except for the following employees:
The law does not require farmworkers to be paid overtime.
The law does not require farmworkers to be paid only on an hourly basis. They can work and be paid on a piece rate basis. However, when working on a piece rate basis, employers must keep records to document that the amount earned by piece rate is not less than the state and federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
Ten local offices located in communities with high agricultural activity conduct outreach to farmworkers.
Blackfoot Alejandro Patiño 430 N. 5th Ave. Pocatello, ID 83205-4087 (208) 236-6710 ext. 3811 Alejandro.Patino@labor.idaho.gov
Bonners Ferry Justin Offerman 613 Ridley Village Rd. Suite C Sandpoint, ID 83864 (208)263-7544 ext. 3713 Justin.Offerman@labor.idaho.gov
Caldwell Neils Tidwell/Paula Macias 4514 Thomas Jefferson St. Caldwell, ID 83605 (208) 364-7781 ext. 3091 or 3450 Neils.Tidwell@labor.idaho.gov Paula.Macias@labor.idaho.gov
Idaho Falls Maria Martin 1515 E. Lincoln Road Idaho Falls, ID 83401-3653 (208) 557-2500 ext. 3926 Maria.Martin@labor.idaho.gov
Twin Falls Virginia Enriquez 420 Falls Ave. Twin Falls, ID 83301 (208) 735-2500 ext. 3711 Virginia.Enriquez@labor.idaho.gov
Burley Chet Jeppesen 127 W. 5th Street N. Burley, ID 83318-3457 (208) 678-5518 ext. 3109 Chet.Jeppesen@labor.idaho.gov
Mountain Home David Arciniega 4514 Thomas Jefferson St. Caldwell, ID 83605 (208) 364-7781 ext. 3744 David.Arciniega@labor.idaho.gov
Payette Neils Tidwell/Paula Macias 4514 Thomas Jefferson St. Caldwell, ID 83605 (208) 364-7781 ext. 3091 or 3450 Neils.Tidwell@labor.idaho.gov Paula.Macias@labor.idaho.gov
Pocatello Alejandro Patiño 430 N. 5th Ave. Pocatello, ID 83205-4087 (208) 236-6710 ext. 3811 Alejandro.Patino@labor.idaho.gov
Rexburg Brandon Moffat 1515 E. Lincoln Road Idaho Falls, ID 83401-3653 (208) 557-2500 ext. 3800 Brandon.Moffat@labor.idaho.gov
Dunnia Aplicano (208) 332-3570 ext 3135 Dunnia.aplicano@labor.idaho.gov
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