[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: 29CFR779.23]

[Page 469]
 
                             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 A_General
 
Sec. 779.23  Establishment.

    As used in the Act, the term establishment, which is not specially 
defined therein, refers to a ``distinct physical place of business'' 
rather than to ``an entire business or enterprise'' which may include 
several separate places of business. This is consistent with the meaning 
of the term as it is normally used in business and in government, is 
judicially settled, and has been recognized in the Congress in the 
course of enactment of amendatory legislation (Phillips v. Walling, 324 
U.S. 490; Mitchell v. Bekins Van & Storage Co., 352 U.S. 1027; 95 Cong. 
Rec. 12505, 12579, 14877; H. Rept. No. 1453, 81st Cong., 1st Sess., p. 
25). As appears more fully elsewhere in this part, this is the meaning 
of the term as used in sections 3(r), 3(s), 6(d), 7(i), 13(a), 13(b), 
and 14 of the Act.