[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR401.5]

[Page 139]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 401_MEANING OF TERMS USED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 401.5  Employer.

    Employer means any employer or any group or association of employers 
engaged in an industry affecting commerce (a) which is, with respect to 
employees engaged in an industry affecting commerce, an employer within 
the meaning of any law of the United States relating to the employment 
of any employees or (b) which may deal with any labor organization 
concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of 
employment, or conditions of work, and includes any person acting 
directly or indirectly as an employer or as an agent of an employer in 
relation to an employee but does not include the United States or any 
corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United States or any 
State or political subdivision thereof.