[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR675.24]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
             CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION,
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 675--FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart A--Federal Work-Study Program
 
Sec. 675.24  Establishment of wage rate under FWS.

    (a) Wage rates. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(3) of this 
section, an institution shall compute FWS compensation on an hourly wage 
basis for actual time on the job. An institution may not pay a student a 
salary, commission, or fee.
    (2) An institution may not count fringe benefits as part of the wage 
rate.
    (3) An institution may pay a graduate student it employs a salary or 
an hourly wage, in accordance with its usual practices.

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    (b) Minimum wage rate. The minimum wage rate for a student employee 
under the FWS program is the minimum wage rate required under section 
6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2753)

[52 FR 45770, Dec. 1, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 61419, Nov. 30, 1994]