[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: 29CFR776.6]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 776_INTERPRETATIVE BULLETIN ON THE GENERAL COVERAGE OF THE WAGE AND 
HOURS PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 776.6  Coverage not dependent on place of work.

    Except for the general geographical limitations discussed in 
Sec. 776.7, the Act contains no prescription as to the place where the 
employee must work in order to come within its coverage. It follows that 
employees otherwise coming within the terms of the Act are entitled to 
its benefits whether they perform their work at home, in the factory, or 
elsewhere. \18\ The specific provisions of the Act relative to 
regulation of homework serve to emphasize this fact. \19\
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    \18\ Walling v. American Needlecrafts, 139 F. 2d 60 (C.A. 6); 
Walling v. Twyeffort Inc., 158 F. 2d 944 (C.A. 2); McComb v. 
Homeworkers' Handicraft Cooperative, 176 F. 2d 633 (C.A. 4).
    \19\ See 6(a)(2); Sec. 11(d).

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