[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: 29CFR779.102]

[Page 470]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 779_THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT AS APPLIED TO RETAILERS OF GOODS OR 
SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B_Employment to Which the Act May Apply: Basic Principles and 
                           Individual Coverage
 
Sec. 779.102  Scope of this subpart.

    The Act has applied since 1938 and continues to apply to all 
employees, not specifically exempted, who are engaged: (a) In interstate 
or foreign commerce or (b) in the production of goods for such commerce, 
which is defined to include any closely related process or occupation 
directly essential to such production. (See Sec. Sec. 779.12-779.16 for 
definitions governing the scope of this coverage.) Prior to the 1961 
amendments a retailer was not generally concerned with the coverage 
provisions as they applied to his individual employees because retail or 
service establishments ordinarily were exempt. However, in some cases 
such coverage was applicable as where employees were employed in central 
offices of warehouses of retail chain store systems and, therefore, were 
not exempt. (See Sec. 779.118.) Some exemptions for retail or service 
establishments were narrowed as a result of the 1961 amendments and 
further revised or eliminated by the 1966 amendments effective February 
1, 1967. Therefore, discussion of the individual coverage provisions of 
the Act is pertinent and this subpart will discuss briefly the 
principles of such coverage with particular reference to employment in 
the retail or service trades. A more comprehensive discussion with 
respect to employees engaged in commerce or in the production of goods 
for commerce may be found in part 776 of this chapter, the general 
coverage bulletin.

Employees Engaged in Commerce or in the Production of Goods for Commerce