This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses In re Labor Law Violation of Daley Farm of Lewiston, in which the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that the exemption for agricultural workers under the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act (MFLSA) only applies to workers who receive a salary. The court held that a salary is not the same as an hourly wage. Therefore the defendant's employees, who received an hourly wage, did not qualify for the exemption, even though their weekly pay exceeded the minimum salary level that qualifies for the MFLSA exemption. Furthermore, the court held that the MFLSA was not preempted by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, and therefore employers must comply with the law that sets the higher standard.