[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: 29CFR783.16]

[Page 651-652]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 783_APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED 
AS SEAMEN--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 783.16  ``Wage''.

    `TT`TWageT'TT'T paidT toT anT employeeT isT defined in section 3(m) 
of the Act to include T`TT`TtheT reasonableT cost,T asT determinedT by

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the Secretary of Labor, to the employer of furnishing such employee with 
board, lodging, or other facilities, if such board, lodging, or other 
facilities are customarily furnished by such employer to his employees: 
Provided, That the cost of board, lodging, or other facilities shall not 
be included as a 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: Provided 
further, That the Secretary is authorized to determine the fair value of 
such board, lodging, or other facilities for defined classes of 
employees and in defined areas, based on average cost to the employer or 
to groups of employers similarly situated, or average value to groups of 
employees, or other appropriate measure of fair value. Such evaluations, 
where applicable and pertinent, shall be used in lieu of actual measure 
of cost in determining the wage paid to any employee''. Although there 
is some incidental discussion in this part of this definition and its 
impact, a fuller discussion of its meaning and the regulations 
pertaining thereto are set forth in part 531 of this chapter.