[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: 29CFR783.9]

[Page 650]
 
                             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. 783.9  ``Enterprise''.

    The term ``enterprise'' which may, in some situations, be pertinent 
in determining coverage of this Act of employees employed by employers 
on vessels, is defined in section 3(r) of the Act. Section 3(r) states:

    Enterprise means the related activities performed (either through 
unified operation or common control) by any person or persons for a 
common business purpose, and includes all such activities whether 
performed in one or more establishments or by one or more corporate or 
other organizational units including departments of an establishment 
operated through leasing arrangements, but shall not include the related 
activities performed for such enterprise by an independent contractor * 
* *.


The scope and application of this definition is discussed in part 776 of 
this chapter and in Sec. Sec. 779.200 through 779.235 of this chapter.