[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: 29CFR788.5]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 788_FORESTRY OR LOGGING OPERATIONS IN WHICH NOT MORE THAN EIGHT 
EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYED--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 788.5  Reliance on offical interpretations.

    Under section 10 of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. 
259), official interpretation issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 may, under certain circumstances, be controlling in determining 
the rights and liabilities of employers and employees. The 
interpretations of the law contained in this part are official 
interpretations on which reliance may be placed as provided in section 
l0 of the Portal-to-Portal Act so long as they remain effective and are 
not modified, rescinded, or determined by judicial authority to be 
incorrect. However, the failure to discuss

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a particular problem in this part or in the interpretations 
supplementing it should not be taken to indicate the adoption of any 
position by the Secretary of Labor or the Administrator with respect to 
such problem or to constitute an administrative interpretation or 
practice or enforcement policy.