[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: 29CFR783.1]

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                             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. 783.1  General scope of the Act.

    The Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, is a Federal statute of 
general application which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, and 
child labor requirements that apply as provided in the Act. All 
employees, whose employment has the relationship to interstate or 
foreign commerce which the Act specifies, are subject to the prescribed 
labor standards unless specifically exempt from them. Employers having 
such employees are required to comply with the Act's provisions in

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this regard unless relieved therefrom by some exemption in the Act. Such 
employers are also required to comply with specified recordkeeping 
requirements contained in part 516 of this chapter. The law authorizes 
the Department of Labor to investigate for compliance and, in the event 
of violations, to supervise the payment of unpaid wages or unpaid 
overtime compensation owing to any employee. The law also provides for 
enforcement in the courts.