[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR516.17]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 516_RECORDS TO BE KEPT BY EMPLOYERS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B_Records Pertaining to Employees Subject to Miscellaneous 
          Exemptions Under the Act; Other Special Requirements
 
Sec. 516.17  Seamen exempt from overtime pay requirements pursuant to 
section 13(b)(6) of the Act.

    With respect to each employee employed as a seaman and exempt from 
the overtime pay requirements of the Act pursuant to section 13(b)(6), 
the employer shall maintain and preserve payroll or other records, 
containing all the information required by Sec. 516.2(a) except 
paragraphs (a) (5) through (9) and, in addition, the following:

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    (a) Basis on which wages are paid (such as the dollar amount paid 
per hour, per day, per month, etc.)
    (b) Hours worked each workday and total hours worked each pay period 
(for purposes of this section, a ``workday'' shall be any fixed period 
of 24 consecutive hours; the ``pay period'' shall be the period covered 
by the wage payment, as provided in section 6(a)(4) of the Act),
    (c) Total straight-time earnings or wages for each such pay period, 
and
    (d) The name, type, and documentation, registry number, or other 
identification of the vessel or vessels upon which employed.