[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: 29CFR794.6]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 794_PARTIAL OVERTIME EXEMPTION FOR EMPLOYEES OF WHOLESALE OR BULK 
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 794.6  Reliance on interpretations.

    As previously stated, the interpretations of the law contained in 
this part are official interpretations. So long as they remain effective 
and are not

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modified, amended, rescinded or determined by judicial authority to be 
incorrect, they may be relied upon as provided in section 10 of the 
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 (63 Stat. 910, 29 U.S.C. 251 et seq., 
discussed in part 790 of this chapter). In addition, the Supreme Court 
has recognized that such interpretations of this Act ``provide a 
practical guide to employers and employees as to how the office 
representing the public interest in its enforcement will seek to apply 
it'' and ``constitute a body of experience and informed judgment to 
which courts and litigants may properly resort for guidance.'' Further, 
as stated by the Court: ``Good administration of the Act and good 
judicial administration alike require that the standards of public 
enforcement and those for determining private rights shall be at 
variance only where justified by very good reasons.'' (Skidmore v. 
Swift, 323 U.S. 134).