[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR531.1]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 531_WAGE PAYMENTS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938--Table 
of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_Preliminary Matters
 
Sec. 531.1  Definitions.




                      Subpart A_Preliminary Matters

Sec.
531.1 Definitions.
531.2 Purpose and scope.

  Subpart B_Determinations of ``Reasonable Cost'' and ``Fair Value''; 
               Effects of Collective Bargaining Agreements

531.3 General determinations of ``reasonable cost''.
531.4 Making determinations of ``reasonable cost''.
531.5 Making determinations of ``fair value''.
531.6 Effects of collective bargaining agreements.
531.7 Request for review of tip credit.

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531.8 Petitions to issue, amend, or repeal rules, including 
          determinations, under this part.

                        Subpart C_Interpretations

531.25 Introductory statement.
531.26 Relation to other laws.

                        How Payments May Be Made

531.27 Payment in cash or its equivalent required.
531.28 Restrictions applicable where payment is not in cash or its 
          equivalent.
531.29 Board, lodging, or other facilities.
531.30 ``Furnished'' to the employee.
531.31 ``Customarily'' furnished.
531.32 ``Other facilities.''
531.33 ``Reasonable cost''; ``fair value''.
531.34 Payment in scrip or similar medium not authorized.
531.35 ``Free and clear'' payment; ``kick-backs''.

           Payment Where Additions or Deductions Are Involved

531.36 Nonovertime workweeks.
531.37 Overtime workweeks.

              Payments Made to Persons Other Than Employees

531.38 Amounts deducted for taxes.
531.39 Payments to third persons pursuant to court order.
531.40 Payments to employee's assignee.

                  Payment of Wages to Tipped Employees

531.50 Statutory provisions with respect to tipped employees.
531.51 Conditions for taking tip credits in making wage payments.
531.52 General characteristics of ``tips.''
531.53 Payments which constitute tips.
531.54 Tip pooling.
531.55 Examples of amounts not received as tips.
531.56 ``More than $20 a month in tips.''
531.57 Receiving the minimum amount ``customarily and regularly.''
531.58 Initial and terminal months.
531.59 The tip wage credit.
531.60 Overtime payments.

    Authority: Sec. 3(m), 52 Stat. 1060; sec. 2, 75 Stat. 65; sec. 101, 
80 Stat. 830; 29 U.S.C. 203 (m) and (t).

    Source: 32 FR 13575, Sept. 28, 1967, unless otherwise noted.



    (a) Administrator means the Administrator of the Wage and Hour 
Division or his authorized representative. The Secretary of Labor has 
delegated to the Administrator the functions vested in him under section 
3(m) of the Act.
    (b) Act means the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.