[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 29CFR783.32]

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                             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. 783.32  ``Seaman'' includes crew members.

    The term ``seaman'' includes members of the crew such as sailors, 
engineers, radio operators, firemen, pursers, surgeons, cooks, and 
stewards if, as is the usual case, their service is of the type 
described in Sec. 783.31. In some cases it may not be of that type, in 
which event the special provisions relating to seamen will not be 
applicable (Sternberg Dredging Co. v. Walling, 158 F. 2d 678; Cuascut v. 
Standard Dredging Co., 94 F. Supp. 197; Woods Lumber Co. v. Tobin, 199 
F. 2d 455). However, an employee employed as a seaman does not lose his 
status as such simply because, as an incident to such employment, he 
performs some work not connected with operation of the vessel as a means 
of transportation, such as assisting in the loading or unloading of 
freight at the beginning or end of a voyage, if the amount of such work 
is not substantial.