[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 29CFR531.6]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 531_WAGE PAYMENTS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938
--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_Determinations of ``Reasonable Cost'' and ``Fair Value''; 
               Effects of Collective Bargaining Agreements
 
Sec. 531.6  Effects of collective bargaining agreements.

    (a) The cost of board, lodging, or other facilities shall not be 
included as part of the wage paid to any employee to the extent it is 
excluded therefrom under the terms of a bona fide collective bargaining 
agreement applicable to the particular employee.
    (b) A collective bargaining agreement shall be deemed to be ``bona 
fide'' when it is made with a labor organization which has been 
certified pursuant to the provision of section 7(b)(1) or 7(b)(2) of the 
Act by the National Labor Relations Board, or which is the certified 
representative of the employees under the provisions of the National 
Labor Relations Act, as amended, or the Railway Labor Act, as amended.
    (c) Collective bargaining agreements made with representatives who 
have not been so certified will be ruled on individually upon submission 
to the Administrator.