[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: 29CFR783.18]

[Page 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. 783.18  Commerce activities of employees.

    Prior to the 1961 Amendments, the Fair Labor Standards Act applied 
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 (29 U.S.C. 206(a), 
207(a); and see Sec. Sec. 783.12 to 783.15 for definitions governing 
the scope of this coverage). The Act as amended in 1961 continues this 
coverage. In general, employees of businesses concerned with the 
transportation of goods or persons on navigable waters are engaged in 
interstate or foreign commerce, or in the production of goods for such 
commerce, as defined in the Act, and are subject to the Act's provisions 
except as otherwise provided in sections 13(a)(14) and 13(b)(6) or other 
express exemptions. A detailed discussion of the activities in commerce 
or in the production of goods for commerce which will bring an employee 
under the Act is contained in part 776 of this chapter, dealing with 
general coverage.