[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: 29CFR525.6]

[Page 139]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 525_EMPLOYMENT OF WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER SPECIAL CERTIFICATES
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Sec. 525.6  Compensable time.

    Individuals employed subject to this part must be compensated for 
all hours worked. Compensable time includes not only those hours during 
which the individual is actually performing productive work but also 
includes those hours when no work is performed but the individual is 
required by the employer to remain available for the next assignment. 
However, where the individual is completely relieved from duty and is 
not required to remain available for the next assignment, such time will 
not be considered compensable time. For example, an individual employed 
by a rehabilitation facility would not be engaged in a compensable 
activity where such individual is completely relieved from duty but is 
provided therapy or the opportunity to participate in an alternative 
program or activity in the facility not involving work and not directly 
related to the worker's job (e.g., self-help skills training, 
recreation, job seeking skills training, independent living skills, or 
adult basic education). The burden of establishing that such hours are 
not compensable rests with the facility and such hours must be clearly 
distinguishable from compensable hours. (For further information on 
compensable time in general under FLSA, see part 785 of this title.)