Labor for room and board

[das612]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Alabama

If I own a farm and someone does labor on that farm in exchange for room and board, then what am I responsible for as far as taxes, minimum wage, and insurance is concerned? Am I actually considered an employer, or can this just continue to be an oral agreement between friends with no other legal implications?

 

[davew128]

Is the employee required to live there as a condition of employment?

 

[das612]

People are free to come and go as they please, but if they want to stay and eat my food then I have some work that I require them to do (E.G. Feed the chickens, muck out the horses, plow an acre). Basically I require any lodgers to pull their own weight.

 

[Dave1952]

This brochure, http://alfafarmers.org/uploads/files/Ag_Law_Book_-_Final_-_January_2013.pdf , which is not provided by the government addresses many of your questions.